Reactive avatars
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1. A computer-implemented method for animating a first avatar based on perceived animation of a second avatar, the method comprising:
- graphically representing a first user with a first avatar capable of being animated;
graphically representing a second user with a second avatar capable of being animated wherein communication messages are being sent between the first user and the second user;
receiving an indication of an animation of the first avatar; and
in response to and based on the received indication of the animation, animating the second avatar.
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Abstract
Avatars are used to graphically represent users in a communications session, and the avatars are capable of being animated. An indication of an animation of one of the avatars is received. Another avatar that represents another of the users is animated in response to, and based on, the animation of the avatar in the same communications session.
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1. A computer-implemented method for animating a first avatar based on perceived animation of a second avatar, the method comprising:
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graphically representing a first user with a first avatar capable of being animated;
graphically representing a second user with a second avatar capable of being animated wherein communication messages are being sent between the first user and the second user;
receiving an indication of an animation of the first avatar; and
in response to and based on the received indication of the animation, animating the second avatar. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for animating a first avatar based on perceived animation of a second avatar, the system comprising a processor connected to a storage device and one or more input/output devices, wherein the processor is configured to:
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graphically represent a first user with a first avatar capable of being animated;
graphically represent a second user with a second avatar capable of being animated wherein communication messages are being sent between the first user and the second user;
receive an indication of an animation of the first avatar; and
animate the second avatar in response to and based on the received indication of the animation. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A computer-readable medium or propagated signal having embodied thereon a computer program configured to animate a first avatar based on perceived animation of a second avatar, the medium or signal comprising one or more code segments configured to:
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graphically represent a first user with a first avatar capable of being animated;
graphically represent a second user with a second avatar capable of being animated wherein communication messages are being sent between the first user and the second user;
receive an indication of an animation of the first avatar; and
animate the second avatar in response to and based on the received indication of the animation. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A system for animating a first avatar based on perceived animation of a second avatar, the system comprises:
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means to graphically represent a first user with a first avatar capable of being animated and graphically represent a second user with a second avatar capable of being animated wherein communication messages are being sent between the first user and the second user;
means to receive an indication of an animation of the first avatar; and
means to animate the second avatar in response to and based on the received indication of the animation.
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