US 12,069,012 B2
Interactive contextual emojis
Stewart Curry, Booterstown (IE); Andrew Henderson, Spiddal (IE); and Keith Griffin, Oranmore (IE)
Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/579,247.
Application 17/579,247 is a continuation of application No. 16/895,294, filed on Jun. 8, 2020, granted, now 11,245,650.
Application 16/895,294 is a continuation of application No. 15/150,445, filed on May 10, 2016, granted, now 10,680,980, issued on Jun. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0217105 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 51/043 (2022.01); H04L 51/10 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 51/043 (2013.01) [H04L 51/10 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
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1. A method for communicating in a digital conversation within an application panel using a computing device, the method comprising:
providing first information to cause display, in the digital conversation application panel, of an interactive contextual emoji representing a first current status associated with a user sending the interactive contextual emoji, wherein the first current status is the sending user's status at a first time, and the first time corresponds to when the first information is provided;
receiving a request for additional information associated with the first current status, wherein the request is responsive to an interaction with the interactive contextual emoji;
providing, in response to the receiving of the request, second information to cause dispay of the additional information in the digital conversation application panel; and
providing, in response to establishing a second current status associated with the sending user, third information to cause display of an updated interactive contextual emoji, in the digital conversation application panel, to represent the second current status associated with the sending user, wherein the second current status is different than the first current status, the updated interactive contextual emoji represents the second current status, the second current status is the sending user's status at a second time, and the second time corresponds to when the third information is provided.