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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 18, 2019
Applicants:

Mark H. Young, Saint Louis, MO (US);

Jason A. Young, Las Vegas, NV (US);

Inventors:

Mark H. Young, Saint Louis, MO (US);

Jason A. Young, Las Vegas, NV (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06T 13/40 (2011.01); G06T 13/80 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/10 (2013.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06T 13/40 (2013.01); G06T 13/80 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04L 67/38 (2013.01); H04W 4/12 (2013.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.02);
Abstract

A messaging system communicates animated messages. The system generates personalized avatars of messaging participants. These avatars can be made to represent visible attributes of the participants in different art styles. For example, a tall, thin, bespectacled, brunette might be represented as a tall, thin, bespectacled, brunette avatar rendered in the style of a favorite cartoon. Messaging participants can then send messages in which the avatars of the sender and the recipient or recipients interact. For example, a message sender might convey a message 'hug' that is displayed on a message recipient's device as an animation in which the sender's avatar embraces the recipient's avatar.


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