SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ENHANCING MESSAGES

• US 20120284659A1
• Filed: 09/21/2010
• Published: 11/08/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: De Leon, David
• Application Number:
  US13/145,612
• Publication Number:
  US 20120284659A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/780
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72439 for image or video messaging
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/70 methods for entering alphabetical characters, e.g. multi-tap or dictionary disambiguation

Abstract

An electronic device (10) provides a user with a system for enhancing textual messages by appending media content associated with the textual message. The electronic device includes a display (14) for displaying text input for a message undergoing composition by a user of the electronic device and a control circuit (30). The control circuit is configured to: receive the text input from the user; analyze the text input from the user; identify one or more items of audiovisual content having a content related to the text input; drive display of a selectable representation of each of the items of audiovisual content on the display; and construct a message that includes the text input and a user selected one of the items of audiovisual content.

Claims

1. An electronic device having a message enhancement function, comprising:

a display for displaying text input for a message undergoing composition by a user of the electronic device; and

a control circuit configured to;

a) receive the text input from the user;

b) analyze the text input from the user;

c) identify one or more items of audiovisual content having a content related to the text input;

d) drive display of a selectable representation of each of the items of audiovisual content on the display;

e) construct a message that includes the text input and a user selected one of the items of audiovisual content;

f) add additional or revised text input from the user; and

q) revise the one or more items of audiovisual content identified based on the additional or revised text input.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein the control circuit is further configured to rank said one or more items of audiovisual content identified for said selectable representation display.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein the audiovisual content comprises still images.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein the electronic device further comprises a speaker and the audiovisual content comprises audio.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein the audiovisual content comprises video.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein the electronic device is a mobile telephone.

2. (canceled)

8. A method of message enhancement, the method comprising:

displaying text input for a message undergoing composition by a user of an electronic device on a display of the electronic device;

analyzing the text input from the user;

identifying one or more items of audiovisual content having a content related to the text input;

displaying a selectable representation of each of the items of audiovisual content on the display; and

constructing a message that includes the text input and a user selected one of the items of audiovisual content;

adding additional or revised text input from the user; and

revising the one or more items of audiovisual content identified based on the additional or revised text input.

10. The method of claim 8 further comprising ranking said one or more items of audiovisual content identified for said selectable representation display.

11. The method of claim 8 wherein the audiovisual content comprises still images.

12. The method of claim 8 wherein the electronic device further comprises a speaker and the audiovisual content comprises audio.

13. The method of claim 8 wherein the audiovisual content comprises video.

14. The method of claim 8 wherein the electronic device is a mobile telephone.

9. (canceled)