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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2005
Ashish Ashtekar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hanjoo Lim, Seoul, KR;
Chintamani Patwardhan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Henri Torgemane, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ashish Ashtekar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hanjoo Lim, Seoul, KR;
Chintamani Patwardhan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Henri Torgemane, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for providing flash based online identities is disclosed. For example, the present invention applies a multimedia animation component such as a Flash component in the present avatars architecture. In one embodiment, each avatar is represented using a plurality of layers, where each layer employs at least two objects. Using two objects for each layer allows the present invention to minimize flicking when the avatar is animated.