US 11,797,153 B1
Text-enhanced emoji icons
Brant Candelore, Poway, CA (US); and Adam Goldberg, Fairfax, VA (US)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/883,033.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 40/20 (2020.01)
CPC G06F 3/04817 (2013.01) [G06F 40/20 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A first electronic device, comprising:
circuitry configured to:
determine a graphical icon associated with an emoji;
determine a set of texts associated with the emoji;
generate a text-enhanced icon based on the determined graphical icon and the determined set of texts, wherein
the generated text-enhanced icon includes the determined set of texts positioned at a set of defined locations associated with the determined graphical icon;
generate an encoded emoji sequence associated with the generated text-enhanced icon, based on the determined graphical icon, the determined set of texts, and the set of defined locations; and
transmit, to a second electronic device associated with the first electronic device, the encoded emoji sequence to further render the generated text-enhanced icon.