Portable Touch Screen Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Entering and Using Emoji Characters
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- at a portable electronic device with a touch screen display;
detecting a user-defined gesture on the touch screen display while the portable electronic device is in a user-defined-gesture recording mode;
creating a representation of the user-defined gesture;
associating the representation of the user-defined gesture with an emoji character; and
storing the representation of the user-defined gesture and the association of the representation of the user-defined gesture with the emoji character.
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Abstract
In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method performed at a portable electronic device with a touch screen display includes simultaneously displaying a character input area operable to display text character input and emoji character input selected by a user, a keyboard display area, and a plurality of emoji category icons. In response to detecting a gesture on a respective emoji category icon, the method also includes simultaneously displaying: a first subset of emoji character keys for the respective emoji category in the keyboard display area and a plurality of subset-sequence-indicia icons for the respective emoji category. The method also includes detecting a gesture in the keyboard display area and, in response: replacing display of the first subset of emoji character keys with display of a second subset of emoji character keys for the respective emoji category, and updating the information provided by the subset-sequence-indicia icons.
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12 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
at a portable electronic device with a touch screen display; detecting a user-defined gesture on the touch screen display while the portable electronic device is in a user-defined-gesture recording mode; creating a representation of the user-defined gesture; associating the representation of the user-defined gesture with an emoji character; and storing the representation of the user-defined gesture and the association of the representation of the user-defined gesture with the emoji character. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A portable electronic device, comprising:
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a touch screen display; one or more processors; memory; and one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for; detecting a user-defined gesture on the touch screen display while the portable electronic device is in a user-defined-gesture recording mode; creating a representation of the user-defined gesture; associating the representation of the user-defined gesture with an emoji character; and storing the representation of the user-defined gesture and the association of the representation of the user-defined gesture with the emoji character. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. A computer readable storage medium having stored therein instructions, which when executed by a portable electronic device with a touch screen display, cause the device to:
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detect a user-defined gesture on the touch screen display while the portable electronic device is in a user-defined-gesture recording mode; create a representation of the user-defined gesture; associate the representation of the user-defined gesture with an emoji character; and store the representation of the user-defined gesture and the association of the representation of the user-defined gesture with the emoji character. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
at a portable electronic device with a touch screen display; receiving an electronic message, wherein the electronic message includes; instructions for initiating a geographic mapping application, location data representing a location on a geographic map, and emoji data representing an emoji character, wherein the emoji data is associated with the location data; displaying the electronic message on the touch screen display; detecting a predefined user action on the displayed electronic message to initiate the geographic mapping application; and in response to detecting the predefined user action to initiate the geographic mapping application; displaying the geographic map in the geographic mapping application, and displaying the emoji character at the location on the geographic map that corresponds to the location data. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A portable electronic device, comprising:
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a touch screen display; one or more processors; memory; and one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for; receiving an electronic message, wherein the electronic message includes; instructions for initiating a geographic mapping application, location data representing a location on a geographic map, and emoji data representing an emoji character, wherein the emoji data is associated with the location data; displaying the electronic message on the touch screen display; detecting a predefined user action on the displayed electronic message to initiate the geographic mapping application; and in response to detecting the predefined user action to initiate the geographic mapping application; displaying the geographic map in the geographic mapping application, and displaying the emoji character at the location on the geographic map that corresponds to the location data. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A computer readable storage medium having stored therein instructions, which when executed by a portable electronic device with a touch screen display, cause the device to:
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receive an electronic message, wherein the electronic message includes; instructions for initiating a geographic mapping application, location data representing a location on a geographic map, and emoji data representing an emoji character, wherein the emoji data is associated with the location data; display the electronic message on the touch screen display; detect a predefined user action on the displayed electronic message to initiate the geographic mapping application; and in response to detecting the predefined user action to initiate the geographic mapping application; display the geographic map in the geographic mapping application, and display the emoji character at the location on the geographic map that corresponds to the location data. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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