US 11,721,058 B2
Customizable animations for text messages
Enrique Bonansea, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to EMONSTER INC., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by EMONSTER INC, Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/69,104.
Application 18/069,104 is a continuation of application No. 17/751,509, filed on May 23, 2022, granted, now 11,532,114, issued on Dec. 20, 2022.
Application 17/751,509 is a continuation of application No. 17/210,404, filed on Mar. 23, 2021, granted, now 11,341,707, issued on May 24, 2022.
Application 17/210,404 is a continuation of application No. 15/723,068, filed on Oct. 2, 2017, granted, now 10,957,088, issued on Mar. 23, 2021.
Application 15/723,068 is a continuation of application No. 14/811,426, filed on Jul. 28, 2015, granted, now 9,779,532, issued on Oct. 3, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/031,752, filed on Jul. 31, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0119376 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06T 13/80 (2011.01); H04L 51/10 (2022.01); H04W 4/14 (2009.01)
CPC G06T 13/80 (2013.01) [H04L 51/10 (2013.01); H04W 4/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A system to animate an instant-messaging message, the system comprising one or more computing devices including one or more processors and memories containing program code for execution by the one or more processors, the one or more computing devices configured to:
receive a message to animate and send,
wherein the message to animate and send includes one or more text and/or emoji characters;
receive a selected animation command to apply a type of animation to the message;
generate an animation of the message by applying the commanded type of animation to the message;
display the generated animation of the message; and
receive a selection to send the message to a recipient over a communications network so that the recipient can see the message animated according to the selected animation command.