Method and system of enhanced messaging
First Claim
1. A method of providing a rich media item for enhancing user interaction with a messaging program comprising the steps of:
- providing access to a selection of user selectable rich media items through a messaging program interface which may be used to create a message containing a user selected rich media item, wherein said rich media item comprises user perceptible content and content specific information; and
providing computer code to allow communication between the rich media item and the messaging program so that the messaging program and said rich media item can inter-operate, and so that when said message is communicated to an intended recipient, said message is communicated with said rich media item to said intended recipient so as to enable perception of said content and access to said rich media item by said intended recipient so that said intended recipient can interact with said rich media item and utilize said content specific information.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for providing rich media for enhancing user interaction with a messaging program. The rich media includes user perceptible content and content specific information. User perceptible content may include a small animated picture with an embedded sound file that messaging program users can send to each other during a messaging session. Content specific information may include a description of the perceptible content, context menu items including universal resource identifiers that link to information related to the content and information related to other messaging program content. In addition computer code is provided to allow communication between the rich media and the messaging program so that the messaging program and the rich media can interoperate.
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116 Claims
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1. A method of providing a rich media item for enhancing user interaction with a messaging program comprising the steps of:
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providing access to a selection of user selectable rich media items through a messaging program interface which may be used to create a message containing a user selected rich media item, wherein said rich media item comprises user perceptible content and content specific information; and
providing computer code to allow communication between the rich media item and the messaging program so that the messaging program and said rich media item can inter-operate, and so that when said message is communicated to an intended recipient, said message is communicated with said rich media item to said intended recipient so as to enable perception of said content and access to said rich media item by said intended recipient so that said intended recipient can interact with said rich media item and utilize said content specific information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84)
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85. A method of marketing comprising:
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incorporating an enhanced icon into a messaging program, said enhanced icon relating to a product or service to be marketed;
providing a context menu comprising enhanced icon content specific menu items for linking users to other media related to said enhanced icon content;
providing a platform for permitting a first user to forward a message to a second user, which sent message comprises said enhanced icon; and
providing a platform for permitting said second user to forward said enhanced icons to a third user as part of a message originated by said second user. - View Dependent Claims (86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101)
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102. An enhanced icon comprising:
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user perceptible content;
an enhanced icon caption; and
context menu items related to the user perceptible content. - View Dependent Claims (103)
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104. A context menu for a graphical computer object, comprising:
- a menu item that is specific to user perceptible content of said graphical computer object, wherein the context menu is displayed by a messaging program comprising computer code for communicating with said graphical computer object to obtain said menu item specific to user perceptible content of the graphical computer object that is stored in said graphical computer object.
- View Dependent Claims (105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112)
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113. A system for providing a rich media item for enhancing user interaction with a messaging program comprising:
a server for communicating with a messaging program that is operative on a first computer for;
providing access to a selection of user selectable rich media items through a messaging program interface which may be used to create a message containing a user selected rich media item, wherein said rich media item comprises user perceptible content and content specific information; and
providing computer code to allow communication between the rich media item and the messaging program so that the messaging program and said rich media item can inter-operate, and so that when said message is communicated to an intended recipient, said message is communicated with said rich media item to said intended recipient so as to enable perception of said content and access to said rich media item by said intended recipient so that said intended recipient can interact with said rich media item and utilize said content specific information. - View Dependent Claims (114, 115, 116)
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