Patent ID: 11910267
Assignee: SNAP INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 19:
20. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions adapted to perform operations comprising:
identifying a subset of a plurality of client terminals of a plurality of users, client terminals of the subset being identified based on use patterns of respective users, the use patterns comprising at least one of visited websites, past requests, and a user-indicated interest;
sending a message to each client terminal of the subset of client terminals, the message containing a request, to present on a respective display of the client terminal, to acquire media content documenting a real-life event in a geographic location, the request comprising instructions for imaging the real-life event;
receiving, from a first client terminal of the subset, a media content item in response to the message, the media content item being acquired by the first client terminal and the media content item documenting the real-life event; and
crediting a first user associated with the first client terminal for the media content item based on a second user, associated with a second client terminal, at least one of viewing the media content item or sharing the media content item with another user.