Google Inc.

Facebook, Inc.

Invi Labs, Inc.

Lior Gonnen

Iddo Tal

Roi Tiger

While texting, a user is able access, share, and control rich media without leaving the texting application. The rich media are provided directly within the executing texting application. The texting application includes an embedded widget for controlling the rich media. Rich media includes, among other things, video clips, streaming audio, a map application, a movie-time application, a social movie-site application, a dynamically controllable image, or promotional media. Different mobile devices executing the texting applications communicate through a server that allows additional functionality, such as syncing the play of video clips and hosting and pushing the promotional media.

System and method of embedding rich media into text messages

Emoticons or other images are inserted into text messages during chat sessions without leaving the chat session by entering an input sequence onto an input area of a touchscreen on an electronic device, thereby causing an emoticon library to be presented to a user. The user selects an emoticon, and the emoticon library either closes automatically or closes after the user enters a closing input sequence. The opening and closing input sequences are, for example, any combination of swipes and taps along or on the input area. Users are also able to add content to chat sessions and generate mood messages to chat sessions.

System for and method of accessing and selecting emoticons, content, and mood messages during chat sessions

An effects application receives a video of a face and detects a bounding box for each frame indicating the location and size of the face in each frame. In one or more reference frames. The application uses an algorithm to determine locations of facial features in the frame. The application then normalizes the feature locations relative to the bounding box and saves the normalized feature locations. In other frames (e.g., target frames), the application obtains the bounding box and then predicts the locations of the facial features based on the size and location of the bounding box and the normalized feature locations calculated in the reference frame. The predicted locations can be made available to an augmented reality function that overlays graphics in a video stream based on face tracking in order to apply a desired effect to the video.

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Palo Alto, CA, United States of America

Lior Gonnen