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Standardized visual indicators in electronic media

  • US 10,216,361 B2
  • Filed: 06/24/2016
  • Issued: 02/26/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for displaying standardized icons in electronic media, comprising:

  • a computing infrastructure comprising a combination of hardware and software configured to;

    determine, based on a user registry, for each respective participant of a chat session, at least one icon permitted to be used by the respective participant, wherein;

    said at least one icon is a predefined standardized icon indicative of one or more predefined categories of users, andsaid user registry associates each respective participant with one or more icons permitted for use by the respective participant based on criteria associated with the one or more icons;

    display, for each respective participant whose permission to use a selected icon has been authenticated based on the user registry, the selected icon and an identity of the respective participant in a list of participants; and

    display, for each text message created by a respective participant, the selected icon, the identity of the participant, and the text message in a message area.

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