Device and method of expressing information contained in a communication message sent through a network

• US 20080162648A1
• Filed: 12/29/2006
• Published: 07/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Wang Kai Benson Leung
• Original Assignee: Wang Kai Benson Leung
• Inventors: Leung, Wang Kai Benson
• Application Number:
  US11/618,711
• Publication Number:
  US 20080162648A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]

Abstract

A method of expressing information contained in a communication message sent through a network from a sending party to a receiving party that includes receiving the incoming message, scanning the incoming communication message to identify pre-defined information therein, generating an operating message from the pre-defined information to control a functional component of an expressing device, and sending the operating message to the functional component. The pre-defined information is expressed by the functional component in a pre-configured mode that may include action, sound, light and images. The representation in the pre-defined information that the sending party provides in the communication message is manifested by the expressing device of the receiving party.

Claims

1. A method of expressing information contained in a communication message sent through a network from a sending party to a receiving party, comprising:

(a) receiving the incoming communication message;

(b) scanning the incoming communication message to identify pre-defined information therein;

(c) generating an operating message from the pre-defined information to control a functional component of an expressing device; and

(d) sending the operating message to the functional component, wherein the pre-defined information is expressed by the functional component in a pre-configured mode comprising at least one of action, sound, light and image;

whereby a representation that the sending party provides in the communication message is manifested by the expressing device of the receiving party.

2. The method, as recited in claim 1, wherein operation (a) further comprises capturing the message from a plurality of packets.

3. The method, as recited in claim 1, between operation (a) and operation (b), further comprising analyzing the pre-defined information to detect the emotion of the sending party.

4. The method, as recited in claim 1, further comprising setting the pre-defined information and the corresponding pre-configured mode of the functional component of the expressing device of the receiving party.

5. The method, as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one of the pre-defined information and the corresponding pre-configured mode of the functional component is periodically updated through a network.

6. The method, as recited in claim 1, wherein the pre-defined information is selected from a group comprising user status, emotion representation, symbols, text and voice data.

7. A computer program product for expressing information contained in a communication message sent through a network from a sending party to a receiving party, including a software program loadable into the memory of a computing device, having a plurality of executable instruction codes for performing a method comprising:

(a) receiving the incoming communication message;

(b) scanning the incoming communication message to identify pre-defined information therein;

(c) generating an operating message from the pre-defined information to control a functional component of an expressing device; and

(d) sending the operating message to the functional component, wherein the pre-defined information is expressed by the functional component in a pre-configured mode comprising at least one of action, sound, light and image;

whereby a representation in the pre-defined information that the sending party provides in the communication message is manifested by the expressing device of the receiving party.

8. The computer program product as recited in claim 7, wherein operation (a) further comprises capturing the message from a plurality of packets.

9. The computer program product as recited in claim 7, wherein between operation (a) and operation (b), further comprising analyzing the pre-defined information to detect the emotion of the sending party.

10. The computer program product as recited in claim 7, further comprising setting the pre-defined information and the corresponding pre-configured mode of the functional component in response to an instruction by the receiving party.

11. The computer program product as recited in claim 7, wherein at least one of the pre-defined information and the corresponding pre-configured mode of the functional component is periodically updated through a network.

12. The computer program product as recited in claim 7, wherein the software program is downloadable through a network.

13. The computer program product as recited in claim 7, wherein the pre-defined information is selected from a group comprising user status, emotion representation, symbols, text and voice data.

14. A computer readable medium having a plurality of executable instruction codes for performing a method of expressing information contained in a communication message sent through a network from a sending party to a receiving party comprising:

(a) receiving the incoming communication message;

(b) scanning the incoming communication message to identify pre-defined information therein;

(c) generating an operating message from the pre-defined information to control a functional component of an expressing device; and

(d) sending the operating message to the functional component, wherein the pre-defined information is expressed by the functional component in a pre-configured mode comprising at least one of action, sound, light and image;

whereby a representation in the pre-defined information that the sending party provides in the communication message is manifested by the expressing device of the receiving party.

15. The computer readable medium as recited in claim 14, wherein operation (a) further comprises capturing the message from a plurality of packets.

16. The computer readable medium as recited in claim 14, wherein between operation (a) and operation (b), further comprising analyzing the pre-defined information to detect the emotion of the sending party.

17. The computer readable medium as recited in claim 14, further comprising setting the pre-defined information and the corresponding pre-configured mode of the functional component in response to an instruction by the receiving party.

18. The computer readable medium as recited in claim 14, wherein at least one of the pre-defined information and the corresponding pre-configured mode of the functional component is periodically updated through a network.

19. The computer readable medium as recited in claim 14, wherein the pre-defined information is selected from a group comprising user status, emotion representation, symbols, text and voice data.

20. An expressing device for expressing pre-defined information in a communication message sent through a network from a sending party to a receiving party, comprising:

an interface to receive an operating message from a computing device, wherein the operating message is generated according to the pre-defined information in the communication message to control a functional component of the expressing device;

a controller connected to the interface to provide an output signal to a functional component; and

at least one functional component connected to the controller pre-configured to operate in a mode comprising at least one of action, sound, light and image;

whereby a representation in the pre-defined information that the sending party provides in the communication message is manifested by the expressing device of the receiving party.

21. The expressing device as recited in claim 20, wherein the pre-defined information is selected from a group comprising user status, emotion representation, symbols, text and voice data.

22. The expressing device as recited in claim 20, wherein the functional component is a motor.

23. The expressing device as recited in claim 20, wherein the functional component is a display device selected from a group comprising a light bulb, an LED, an LCD and a vacuum fluorescent display.

24. The expressing device as recited in claim 20, wherein the functional component is an audio output device selected from a group comprising a speaker, a beeper, a buzzer, an electric bell and a headphone.

25. The expressing device as recited in claim 20, wherein the pre-defined information is selected from a group comprising user status, emotion representation, symbols, text and voice data.

26. A system to express information contained in a communication message sent through a network from a sending party to a receiving party, comprising:

a computer program product including a software program loadable into the memory of a computing device, having a plurality of executable instruction codes for performing a method comprising;

(a) receiving the incoming communication message;

(b) scanning the incoming communication message to identify pre-defined information therein;

(c) generating an operating message from the pre-defined information to control a functional component of an expressing device; and

(d) sending the operating message to the functional component, wherein the pre-defined information is expressed by the functional component in a pre-configured mode comprising at least one of action, sound, light and image; and

an expressing device to express the pre-defined information, comprising;

an interface to receive an operating message from a computing device;

a controller connected to the interface to provide an output signal to a functional component; and

at least one functional component connected to the controller pre-configured to operate in a mode comprising at least one of action, sound, light and image;

whereby a representation in the pre-defined information that the sending party provides in the communication message is manifested by the expressing device of the receiving party.

27. A system to express information contained in a communication message sent through a network from a sending party to a receiving party, comprising:

a computer readable medium having a plurality of executable instruction codes for performing a method comprising;

(a) receiving the incoming communication message;

(b) scanning the incoming communication message to identify pre-defined information therein;

(c) generating an operating message from the pre-defined information to control a functional component of an expressing device;

(d) sending the operating message to the functional component, wherein the pre-defined information is expressed by the functional component in a pre-configured mode comprising at least one of action, sound, light and image; and

an expressing device to express the pre-defined information, comprising;

an interface to receive an operating message from a computing device;

a controller connected to the interface to provide an output signal to a functional component; and

at least one functional component connected to the controller and pre-configured to operate in a mode comprising at least one of action, sound, light and image;

whereby a representation in the pre-defined information that the sending party provides in the communication message is manifested by the expressing device of the receiving party.

28. An expressing device to express pre-defined information in a communication message sent through a network from a sending party to a receiving party, comprising:

an interface to receive the incoming communication message;

a controller connected to the interface to provide an output signal to a functional component; and

at least one functional component connected to the controller pre-configured to operate in a mode comprising at least one of action, sound, light and image,

wherein a software program is executable on the controller, having a plurality of executable instruction codes to perform a method comprising;

(a) receiving the incoming communication message;

(b) scanning the incoming communication message to identify pre-defined information therein;

(c) generating an operating message from the pre-defined information to control a functional component of an expressing device; and

(d) sending the operating message to the functional component, wherein the pre-defined information is expressed by the functional component in a pre-configured mode comprising at least one of action, sound, light and image;

whereby a representation in the pre-defined information that the sending party provides in the communication message is manifested by the expressing device of the receiving party.