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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:
Jul. 12, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2010
Applicants:

Tyrol R. Graham, Seattle, WA (US);

Eric J. Hull, Seattle, WA (US);

Jonathan O. Nelson, Kirkland, WA (US);

Inventors:

Tyrol R. Graham, Seattle, WA (US);

Eric J. Hull, Seattle, WA (US);

Jonathan O. Nelson, Kirkland, WA (US);

Assignee:

VARIA HOLDINGS LLC, Brookyln, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/14 (2009.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01); H04M 1/57 (2006.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04M 3/533 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/72552 (2013.01); G06Q 10/107 (2013.01); H04M 1/576 (2013.01); H04M 1/72555 (2013.01); H04M 3/42382 (2013.01); H04M 1/72544 (2013.01); H04M 3/53366 (2013.01); H04M 2201/38 (2013.01); Y10S 707/922 (2013.01);
Abstract

Non-verbal communications between users of wireless mobile devices are facilitated using image messages. An image message may e.g. convey information about the sender user, in particular, current information about the sender user. In one aspect, a user may select an image message category, and select an image message among the image messages of the selected image message category for transmission, to quickly, efficiently and graphically convey (current) information about the user. The process may be performed to form a mixed media message. Received image message to convey current information may be aged via time and/or color displays.


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