Apple has been granted a patent for “Sticker Creation for Messaging.” It involves, of course, the company’s Messages app.
About the patent
The patent relates generally to user interfaces associated with using a camera to create stickers for use within messaging conversations. In the patent, Apple notes that user interaction with electronic devices has increased significantly in recent years.
And users often want to use their devices to create stickers for use within messaging conversations. Apple’s patent involves ways to make this easier to do.
Summary of the patent
Here’s Apple’s abstract of the patent: “In some embodiments, an electronic device detects a first user input corresponding to a request to initiate a process to create a first sticker based on a first image including one or more objects, and facilitates creation of the sticker based on the first image. The first sticker can then be displayed in a messaging conversation.”
