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Methods and apparatuses for animated messaging between messaging participants represented by avatar

US10250537B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Inventors

Mark Young · La Cañada Flintridge, US
Jason A. Young · Las Vegas, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 20, 2015
Grant date	Apr 2, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 25, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L51/222
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A messaging system communicates animated messages. The system generates personalized avatars of messaging participants. These avatars can be made to represent visible attributes of the participants in different art styles. For example, a tall, thin, bespectacled, brunette might be represented as a tall, thin, bespectacled, brunette avatar rendered in the style of a favorite cartoon. Messaging participants can then send messages in which the avatars of the sender and the recipient or recipients interact. For example, a message sender might convey a message “hug” that is displayed on a message recipient's device as an animation in which the sender's avatar embraces the recipient's avatar.

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