Systems and methods for identifying and suggesting emoticons
US8909513B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 2, 2014 |
| Grant date | Dec 9, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 2, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L51/04
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Various embodiments provide a method that comprises receiving a set of segments from a text field, analyzing the set of segments to determine at least one of a target subtext or a target meaning associated with the set of segments, and identifying a set of candidate emoticons where each candidate emoticon in the set of candidate emoticons has an association between the candidate emoticon and at least one of the target subtext or the target meaning. The method may further comprise presenting the set of candidate emoticons for entry selection at a current position of an input cursor, receiving an entry selection for a set of selected emoticons from the set of candidate emoticons, and inserting the set of selected emoticons into the text field at the current position of the input cursor.
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