Google patents screen capture menu with quick share options
Google has filed a patent for a system that shows a menu of options immediately after a user takes a screenshot or screen recording. This menu allows users to edit the image, share it to other apps or devices, or choose from suggested actions without leaving the current screen.
In the filing’s own words
A computing device is described that receives a first indication of user input that corresponds to a capture action to capture content being outputted for display at a display device. The computing device may, in response to the content being captured, output, for display at the display device, a graphical user interface element that includes indications of a plurality of actions, wherein the plurality of actions include one or more of an edit action, a cross-device sharing action, a cross-application sharing action, or one or more recommended actions. The computing device may receive a second indication of user input that corresponds to selection of an action of the plurality of actions indicated by the GUI element. The computing device may, in response to receiving the second indication of user input that corresponds to selection of the action, perform the action.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method comprising: receiving, by one or more processors of a computing device, a first indication of user input that corresponds to a capture action to capture content; in response to the content being captured, outputting, by the one or more processors and for display at a display device, a graphical user interface element that includes indications of a plurality of actions, wherein the plurality of actions include one or more of an edit action, a cross-device sharing action, a cross-application sharing action, or one or more recommended actions associated with the content receiving, by the one or more processors, a second indication of user input that corresponds to selection of an action of the plurality of actions indicated by the graphical user interface element; and in response to receiving the second indication of user input that corresponds to selection of the action, performing, by the one or more processors, the action.
Facts
- Company
- Google (Google LLC)
- Official title
- SHARING OF CAPTURED CONTENT
- Publication number
- US20260259641A1
- Application number
- 18846721
- Filed
- Mar 30, 2023
- Published
- Sep 3, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06F 3/0484 Physics & computingG06F 3/0482 Physics & computingG06F 9/451 Physics & computingG06F 40/166 Physics & computingMore from Google in AI & software
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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