Patent ID: 11863596
Assignee: SNAP INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 7:
8. A system comprising:
one or more cameras;
one or more display devices;
one or more processors; and
a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the system to perform operations to initiate or join a visual computing session, comprising:
receiving user input to initiate a session of a visual computing experience;
detecting short-range data transmissions comprising data indicating existence of a current session of the visual computing experience;
determining that the current session of the visual computing experience is in progress, based on the data indicating the existence of the current session of the visual computing experience; and
based on determining that the current session is in progress, providing a user input option to join the current session of the visual computing experience.