METHOD OF ADDING EXPRESSION TO TEXT MESSAGES
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method of creating an expressive electronic text message comprising, by a computing device:
- (a) receiving a string of input characters through an input device operatively connected to the computing device;
(b) associating said string with an audio stream such that at least one character of said string is associated with at least one respective sound of said audio stream; and
(c) storing each said association in a memory operatively connected to the computing device.
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Abstract
A string of input characters is received through an input device and associated with an audio stream with at least one character of the string being associated with at least one sound of the audio stream, and each association is stored in a memory for synchronized playback. An electronic text message is associated with an image file, the association including an instruction to output the electronic text message concurrently with the image file such that the image file is output as a background image to the electronic text message. One or more text strings in an electronic text message is associated with one or more other text strings, and the one or more other text strings and associations, which may include start and end indexes, are stored in a memory as tags for the electronic text message.
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22 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method of creating an expressive electronic text message comprising, by a computing device:
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(a) receiving a string of input characters through an input device operatively connected to the computing device; (b) associating said string with an audio stream such that at least one character of said string is associated with at least one respective sound of said audio stream; and (c) storing each said association in a memory operatively connected to the computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer implemented method of adding expression to an electronic text message comprising:
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(a) at a first computing device; creating an association of an electronic text message with a computer readable image file, wherein said association includes an instruction for outputting said electronic text message concurrently with said image file such that when said electronic text message is output on a display of a computing device, said image file is output as a background image to said electronic text message. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer implemented method of tagging an electronic text message stored in a memory of a computing device comprising, by the computing device:
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(a) associating at least one first text string within the electronic text message with at least one second text string; and (b) storing said second text string and said association in said memory. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer readable storage medium having computer readable code embodied thereon, the computer readable code for creating an expressive electronic text message, the computer readable code comprising:
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(a) program code for receiving a string of input characters; and (b) program code for associating said string with an audio stream such that at least one character of said string is associated with at least one respective sound of said audio stream, thereby creating, for each said at least one character, a respective association; wherein said at least one association is stored in the computer readable storage medium.
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21. A computer readable storage medium having computer readable code embodied thereon, the computer readable code for adding expression to an electronic text message, the computer readable code comprising:
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program code for associating an electronic text message with a computer readable image file, thereby creating an association of said electronic message with said computer-readable image, wherein said association includes an instruction to output an image stored in said associated image file concurrently with, and in the background of, an output of said electronic text message.
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22. A computer readable storage medium having computer readable code embodied thereon, the computer readable code for tagging an electronic text message, the computer readable code comprising:
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program code for associating at least one first text string within the electronic text message with at least one second text string, thereby creating an association of said at least one first text string with said at least one second text string, wherein said at least one second text string and said association is stored in the computer readable storage medium.
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