Patent ID: 11935198
Assignee: SNAP INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 16:
17. A system comprising:
one or more hardware processors; and
at least one memory storing instructions that cause the one or more hardware processors to perform operations comprising:
establishing a virtual mailbox for a first user to receive messages based on a virtual mailbox definition specified by the first user, the virtual mailbox definition comprising a designation of the virtual mailbox as an in-bound mailbox;
receiving, from a first device associated with a second user, a message directed to the first user;
identifying a location within a real-world environment of the first user corresponding to the virtual mailbox;
detecting a marker associated with the virtual mailbox within the real-world environment of the first user; and
based on detecting the marker, causing presentation, at a second device associated with the first user, of the message overlaid on the real-world environment at the location corresponding to the virtual mailbox.