US Patent 11024101 Messaging system with augmented reality variant generation

A method of generating an augmented reality LENS comprises: causing to display a list of LENS categories on a display screen of a client device; receiving a user choice from the displayed list; causing to prepopulate a LENS features display on the display device based on the user choice, wherein each LENS feature comprises image transformation data configured to modify or overlay video or image data; receiving a user selection of a LENS feature from the prepopulated LENS display; receiving a trigger selection that activates the LENS feature to complete the LENS; saving the completed LENS to a memory of a computer device; generating a variant of the completed LENS; and deploying the variant of the completed LENS and the completed LENS to a messaging system to generate messages.