System and Method for Graphically Enriching Promotional Messages Delivered to Handheld Communication Devices

• US 20110279459A1
• Filed: 05/17/2010
• Published: 11/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Hohpe, Gregor
• Application Number:
  US12/781,444
• Publication Number:
  US 20110279459A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/467
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text

Abstract

Graphically enriching a promotional message delivered to a mobile communication device is described. For example, a mobile content server may receive the promotional message to be delivered to the mobile communication device. The mobile content server may determine content included in the received promotional message and identify at least one graphic associated with the determined content. The identified graphic may convey the relevance of the promotional message. The mobile content server may generate a graphically-enriched promotional message that includes the determined content and the identified graphic and communicate the graphically-enriched promotional message to the mobile communication device.

Claims

1. A method of graphically enriching a promotional message delivered to a mobile communication device, comprising:

receiving, by one or more processors of a mobile content server, the promotional message to be delivered to the mobile communication device, wherein the promotional message includes content that conveys the promotional message;

determining, by the mobile content server, the content included in the received promotional message;

identifying, by the mobile content server, at least one graphic associated with the determined content, wherein the at least one graphic conveys a relevance of the promotional message;

generating, by the mobile content server, a graphically-enriched promotional message that includes the determined content and the identified at least one graphic; and

communicating, by the mobile content server, the graphically-enriched promotional message for display.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the received content includes at least one of:

one or more words or one or more colors.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the content includes at least one word that conveys the promotional message, and wherein said identifying further comprises:

comparing, by the mobile content server, the at least one word to a plurality of one or more match words, wherein each one of the plurality of one or more match words is assigned with a corresponding graphic; and

determining, by the mobile content server, a match between the at least one word and at least one of the plurality of one or more match words, wherein the identified at least one graphic is based at least in part on the determined match.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the plurality of one or more match words is ordered by specificity, and wherein said comparing is performed according to the order of the plurality of one or more match words.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein a particular one of the plurality of one or more match words is associated with a skip word, the method further comprising:

determining, by the mobile content server, a skip word match between the skip word and the at least one word; and

skipping, by the mobile content server, the particular one of the plurality of one or more match words associated with the skip word based on the skip word match.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one graphic is an emoji.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the emoji graphic is one among a plurality of emojis predefined at the mobile communication device.

8. A system of graphically enriching a promotional message delivered to a mobile communication device, comprising:

a mobile content server comprising one or more processors configured to;

receive the promotional message to be delivered to the mobile communication device, wherein the promotional message includes content that conveys the promotional message;

determine the content included in the received promotional message;

identify at least one graphic associated with the determined content, wherein the at least one graphic conveys a subject matter of the promotional message;

generate a graphically-enriched promotional message that includes the determined content and the identified at least one graphic; and

communicate the graphically-enriched promotional message for display.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the received content includes at least one of:

one or more words or one or more colors.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the content includes at least one word that conveys the promotional message, and wherein the mobile content server is further configured to:

compare the at least one word to a plurality of one or more match words, wherein each one of the plurality of one or more match words is assigned with a corresponding graphic; and

determine a match between the at least one word and at least one of the plurality of one or more match words, wherein the identified at least one graphic is based at least in part on the determined match.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the plurality of one or more match words is ordered by specificity, wherein said comparison is performed according to the order of the plurality of one or more match words.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein a particular one of the plurality of one or more match words is associated with a skip word, and wherein the mobile content server is further configured to:

determine a skip word match between the skip word and the at least one word; and

skip the particular one of the plurality of one or more match words associated with the skip word based on the skip word match.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the at least one graphic is an emoji.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the emoji graphic is one among a plurality of emojis predefined at the mobile communication device.

15. A method of graphically enriching a promotional message delivered to a mobile communication device, comprising:

receiving, by one or more processors of a mobile content server, the promotional message to be delivered to the mobile communication device, wherein the promotional message includes content that conveys the promotional message;

determining, by the mobile content server, the content included in the received promotional message;

identifying, by the mobile content server, an emoji associated with the determined content, wherein the emoji conveys a relevance of the promotional message;

generating, by the mobile content server, a graphically-enriched promotional message that includes the determined content and the identified emoji; and

communicating, by the mobile content server, the graphically-enriched promotional message for display.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the received content includes at least one of:

one or more words or one or more colors.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the content includes at least one word that conveys the promotional message, and wherein said identifying further comprises:

comparing, by the mobile content server, the at least one word to a plurality of one or more match words, wherein each one of the plurality of one or more match words is assigned with a corresponding emoji; and

determining, by the mobile content server, a match between the at least one word and at least one of the plurality of one or more match words, wherein the identified emoji is based at least in part on the determined match.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the plurality of one or more match words is ordered by specificity, and wherein said comparing is performed according to the order of the plurality of one or more match words.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein a particular one of the plurality of one or more match words is associated with a skip word, the method further comprising:

determining, by the mobile content server, a skip word match between the skip word and the at least one word; and

skipping, by the mobile content server, the particular one of the plurality of one or more match words associated with the skip word based on the skip word match.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the identified emoji is one among a plurality of emojis predefined at the mobile communication device.