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Avatars reflecting user states

  • US 10,042,536 B2
  • Filed: 05/10/2017
  • Issued: 08/07/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. At least one non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising instructions executable by a data processing apparatus to cause the data processing apparatus to:

  • receive a first user input selecting a user state, the user state associated with one or more trigger events;

    receive a second user input selecting a first avatar instance from among one or more second avatar instances, each of the second avatar instances associated with the user state;

    detect an occurrence of at least one of the one or more trigger events; and

    update a current avatar instance with the first avatar instance based, at least in part, on the detection,wherein each second avatar instance is generated, at least in part, by modifying a basic avatar, and wherein modifying a basic avatar comprises selecting a facial feature and changing, responsive to one or more third user inputs, at least one of a location, shape, or size of the facial feature.

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