System and method of customizing animated entities for use in a multi-media communication application
US7924286B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 20, 2009 |
| Grant date | Apr 12, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 20, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0601
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In an embodiment, a method is provided for creating a personal animated entity for delivering a multi-media message from a sender to a recipient. An image file from the sender may be received by a server. The image file may include an image of an entity. The sender may be requested to provide input with respect to facial features of the image of the entity in preparation for animating the image of the entity. After the sender provides the input with respect to the facial features of the image of the entity, the image of the entity may be presented as a personal animated entity to the sender to preview. Upon approval of the preview from the sender, the image of the entity may be presented as a sender-selectable personal animated entity for delivering the multi-media message to the recipient.
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