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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:
Sep. 07, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 04, 2019
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Shadi E. Albouyeh, Raleigh, NC (US);

James E. Fox, Apex, NC (US);

Trudy L. Hewitt, Cary, NC (US);

Prasad L. Imandi, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04W 4/14 (2009.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/10 (2013.01); H04L 51/32 (2013.01); H04W 4/14 (2013.01); H04L 51/38 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for insertion of contact profile images into messages are disclosed. The images can be received from a public profile of a social media website, or from locally stored content. The images may be selected based on a context, such as the recipient and/or sender address, or context of the message. The selected image is inserted into the message instead of, or in addition to the contact name. The recipient then receives a message that includes the inserted image.


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