ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,309, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).
"User interface providing reply state transition" was invented by Nathan Kenneth Boyd (Los Angeles), Christie Marie Heikkinen (Sherman Oaks, Calif.), David Phillip Taitz (Los Angeles) and Jeremy Baker Voss (Los Angeles).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A user input content item is presented in a viewing interface of an interaction application executing on a user device. The user input content item is shared with a viewing user by a sending user via an interaction system. A press and hold operation by the viewing user related to the presentation of the user input c...