Patent ID: 11893208
Assignee: SNAP INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 14:
15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium including instructions that when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:
access, using one or more processors of a computing device, location information and icon information associated with a user account of a social media platform;
access, by the one or more processors, map data associated with the location information;
receive, from a client device, action indicator information associated with the user account wherein the action indicator information comprises a route from a current location of the computing device to a desired destination;
based on the action indicator information, automatically determine a time duration associated with the action indicator information, the time duration being based on a travel time from the current location to the desired destination;
access, expressive icon information associated with the user account, the expressive icon information representing a user of the user account;
cause generation on the client device, for a length of time equal to the time duration associated with the action indicator information, of a combined expressive icon, the combined expressive icon generated using the icon information, the action indicator information, and the expressive icon information;
cause display of a map interface on the client device and at least one other client device, the map interface comprising the map data and the combined expressive icon positioned at a location indicated by the location information
determine that the time duration has lapsed;
in response to determining that the time duration associated with the action indicator information has lapsed, generate a modified combined expressive icon, the modified combined expressive icon generated by removing the action indicator information; and
update display of the map interface, the updated display of the map interface comprising the modified combined expressive icon positioned at the desired destination.