CPC G06T 13/80 (2013.01) [H04L 51/10 (2013.01); H04W 4/14 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
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.
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