Facilitating the editing of multimedia as part of sending the multimedia in a message

Abstract

One or more embodiments described herein include methods and systems of sending multimedia content items as electronic communications. More specifically, systems and methods described herein provide user the ability to easily and effectively select multimedia content items stored on a computing device for inclusion in a communication session without navigating away from the communication session. Additionally, systems and methods described herein provide a user the ability to edit multimedia content items for inclusion in the communication session.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a mobile client device to:
 provide a messaging graphical user interface of a messaging application, the messaging graphical user interface comprising:
 a communication thread including a plurality of exchanged electronic messages in a first portion; and 
 a second portion comprising a preview of one or more multimedia content items from a camera roll of a mobile device; 
   receive a selection of a preview of a multimedia content item;   provide, without navigating away from the messaging application, the multimedia content item together with one or more editing controls;   edit the multimedia content item based on user interaction with an editing control of the one or more editing controls;   send the edited multimedia content item as an electronic message; and   add the edited multimedia content item to the communication thread.   
     
     
         2 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the one or more multimedia content items comprise one or more digital photographs or digital videos. 
     
     
         3 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the mobile client device to edit the multimedia content item without editing a corresponding version of the multimedia content item stored within the camera roll. 
     
     
         4 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the mobile client device to provide the multimedia content item together with one or more editing controls by providing one or more of a crop editing control, an auto-edit control, or a color edit control. 
     
     
         5 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the mobile client device to edit the multimedia content item based on user interaction with an editing control of the one or more editing controls without utilizing a separate editing application. 
     
     
         6 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the mobile client device to. 
     
     
         7 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the mobile client device to provide, without navigating away from the messaging application, the multimedia content item together with one or more editing controls by replacing with the communication thread and the second portion with an enlarged version of the multimedia content item compared to the preview of the multimedia content item with the one or more editing controls. 
     
     
         8 . A mobile device comprising:
 a touch screen; and   at least one processor configured to cause the mobile device to:   provide a messaging graphical user interface of a messaging application via the touch screen, the messaging graphical user interface comprising:
 a communication thread including a plurality of exchanged electronic messages in a first portion; and 
 a second portion comprising a preview of one or more multimedia content items from a camera roll of a mobile device; 
   receive a selection of a preview of a multimedia content item;   provide, without navigating away from the messaging application, the multimedia content item together with one or more editing controls;   edit the multimedia content item based on user interaction with an editing control of the one or more editing controls;   send the edited multimedia content item as an electronic message; and   add the edited multimedia content item to the communication thread.   
     
     
         9 . The mobile device as recited in  claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor configured to cause the mobile device to provide the multimedia content item together with one or more editing controls by providing one or more of a crop editing control, an auto-edit control, or a color edit control. 
     
     
         10 . The mobile device as recited in  claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor configured to further cause the mobile device to:
 in response to a detected press-and-hold touch gesture selection of the preview of the multimedia content item, provide a first control, wherein the first control is a first editing control; and   provide the multimedia content item together with one or more editing controls in response to selection of the first editing control.   
     
     
         11 . The mobile device as recited in  claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor configured to cause the mobile device to, in response to the detected press-and-hold touch gesture selection of the preview of the multimedia content item, provide a second control adjacent to the first control, wherein the second control overlaid on the selected preview of the multimedia content item is a send control. 
     
     
         12 . The mobile device as recited in  claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor configured to cause the mobile device to in response to the detected press-and-hold touch gesture selection of the preview of the multimedia content item, blur the selected preview of the multimedia content item underlying the first control and the second control. 
     
     
         13 . The mobile device as recited in  claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor configured to cause the mobile device to:
 provide the multimedia content item together with one or more editing controls by providing a copy of the multimedia content item in a user interface in place of the messaging graphical user interface; and   edit the multimedia content item based on user interaction with the one or more editing controls by editing the copy of the multimedia content item.   
     
     
         14 . The mobile device as recited in  claim 13 , wherein the at least one processor configured to further cause the mobile device to:
 crop the preview of each of the one or more multimedia content items to a size that allows multiple previews to fit within a scrollable multimedia content item display area; and   provide a plurality of cropped previews simultaneously together within the scrollable multimedia content item display area.   
     
     
         15 . The mobile device as recited in  claim 14 , wherein the at least one processor configured to cause the mobile device to edit the copy of the multimedia content item without editing a corresponding version of the multimedia content item stored within the camera roll. 
     
     
         16 . The mobile device as recited in  claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor configured to further cause the mobile device to edit the multimedia content item based on user interaction with an editing control of the one or more editing controls without utilizing a separate editing application. 
     
     
         17 . A method comprising:
 providing a messaging graphical user interface of a messaging application, the messaging graphical user interface comprising:
 a communication thread including a plurality of exchanged electronic messages in a first portion; and 
 a second portion comprising a preview of one or more multimedia content items from a camera roll of a mobile device; 
   receiving a selection of a preview of a multimedia content item;   providing, without navigating away from the messaging application, the multimedia content item together with one or more editing controls;   editing the multimedia content item based on user interaction with an editing control of the one or more editing controls;   sending the edited multimedia content item as an electronic message; and   adding the edited multimedia content item to the communication thread.   
     
     
         18 . The method as recited in  claim 17 , further comprising:
 providing the multimedia content item together with one or more editing controls by providing a copy of the multimedia content item in a user interface in place of the messaging graphical user interface; and   editing the multimedia content item based on user interaction with the one or more editing controls by editing the copy of the multimedia content item.   
     
     
         19 . The method as recited in  claim 18 , further comprising editing the copy of the multimedia content item without editing a corresponding version of the multimedia content item stored within the camera roll. 
     
     
         20 . The method as recited in  claim 18 , further comprising editing the multimedia content item based on user interaction with an editing control of the one or more editing controls without utilizing a separate editing application.