Patent ID: 11860935
Assignee: SNAP INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 18:
19. A system comprising:
one or more processors configured to execute instructions stored in memory for performing operations comprising:
retrieving a plurality of content items each associated with a respective content item identifier;
generating a display comprising first and second regions associated respectively with different first and second categories of content, the first category of content being associated with a first presentation arrangement of a graphical user interface and the second category of content being associated with a second presentation arrangement of the graphical user interface, each content item of the plurality of content items being represented in the display by the respective content item identifier that is selectable to view or access the respective content item;
determining that a first content item is associated with a serial collection of content items, the first content item being associated with first and second preview video clips;
determining that the user has viewed a particular content item in the serial collection of content items;
selecting the first preview video clip to present to the user in response to determining that the user has viewed the particular content item in the serial collection of content items, the second preview video clip being selected in response to a determination that the user has not viewed any content items in the serial collection of content items;
automatically presenting the selected first preview video clip corresponding to the first content item in a content tile in response to determining that the content tile corresponding to the first content item has been brought into focus on a specified scroll position; and
terminating playback of the video clip in response to determining that the content tile has been moved away from the specified scroll position.