DYNAMICALLY SCALED MESSAGING CONTENT

• US 20140310617A1
• Filed: 06/26/2014
• Published: 10/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: RCS IP LLC
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Pascal, Kristin Marie, Klonsky, Andrew, Bailey, Matthew
• Granted Patent: US 9,766,784 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/758
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages

Abstract

Dynamic scaling of messaging content is facilitated. Messaging content can include visual content other than the actual textual content of a message body for a messaging environment. In an aspect dynamic scaling of messaging content can allow message content such as pictures, images, emoticons, movies, maps, and the like to be presented to a user in a manner that facilities efficient comprehension of the message content. The tokens can be dynamically scaled as the messaging environment changes to maintain high levels of comprehension.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

determining a first layout for a message comprising message content comprising a message element, the message element associated with a first representation value and a first device display area of a device display, to facilitate display of the message on the device display based on the first layout;

determining a second representation value of the message element, different from the first representation value, from a set of representation values comprising a text-only representation value associated with generating a textual representation of the message element, an icon-only representation value associated with generating an icon representation of the message element, a reduced-size representation value associated with generating a representation that is smaller than a 100% sized representation of the message element, a full-size representation value associated with generating the 100% sized representation of the message element, and an increased-size representation value associated with generating a representation that is larger than the 100% sized representation of the message element;

determining, in response to the message element being determined to be associated with a second device display area of the device display, a second layout of the message comprising the message element displayed based on the second representation value and second device display area; and

facilitating display of the message on the device display based on the second layout.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first device display area is related to display of most recent message content and the second device display area is related to display of older message content older than the most recent message content.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the determining the second layout is associated with receiving newer message content than the older message content.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the receiving the newer message content is associated with transitioning the older message content from the first device display area to the second device display area to facilitate displaying the newer message content in the first device display area.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining a third representation value of the message element, different from the first representation value and the second representation value, from the set of representation values;

determining, in response to the message element being determined to be associated with a third device display area of the device display, a third layout of the message comprising the message element displayed based on the third representation value and third device display area; and

facilitating display of the message on the device display based on the third layout.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the second device display area is related to display of message content older than first message content associated with the first device display area and the third device display area is related to display of message content older than second message content associated with the second device display area.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the determining the third layout is associated with receiving newer message content than the first message content.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the receiving the newer message content is associated with transitioning first message content from the first device display area to the second device display area to facilitate displaying the newer message content in the first device display area and transitioning second message content from the second device display area to the third device display area to facilitate displaying the first message content in the second device display area.

9. The System of claim 1, wherein a mobile device comprises the device display.

10. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a system comprising a processor, a message comprising first message content comprising a message element, the message element associated with a first device display area of a device display,

determining, by the system, a first display size value from a set of display size values comprising a text-only display size value associated with generating a textual representation of the message element, an icon-only display size value associated with generating an icon representation of the message element, a reduced-size value associated with generating a representation that is smaller than a 100% sized representation of the message element, a full-size value associated with generating the 100% sized representation of the message element, and an increased-size value associated with generating a representation that is larger than the 100% sized representation of the message element;

determining, by the system, a first layout of the message comprising the message element displayed based on the first display size value and first device display area;

facilitating, by the system, display of the message on the device display based on the first layout;

receiving, by the system, a message update comprising second message content newer than the first message content and, in response, determining a second display size value from the set of display size values based on the message element being then associated with a second device display area of the device display;

determining, by the system, a second layout of the message comprising the message element displayed based on the second representation value and second device display area; and

facilitating, by the system, display of the message on the device display based on the second layout.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the receiving the message update is associated with displaying, by the system, the second message content in the first device display area and displaying, by the system, the first message content in the second device display area.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the receiving the message update is further associated with transitioning the first message content from the first device display area to the second device display area to facilitate the displaying of the second message content in the first device display area.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving, by the system, another message update comprising third message content newer than the second message content and, in response, determining a third display size value from the set of display size values based on the message element being then associated with a third device display area of the device display;

determining, by the system, a third layout of the message comprising the message element displayed based on the third display size value and third device display area; and

facilitating, by the system, display of the message on the device display based on the third layout.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the receiving the other message update is associated with displaying, by the system, the third message content in the first device display area, displaying, by the system, the second message content in the second device display area, and displaying, by the system, the first message content in the third device display area.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the receiving the other message update is further associated with transitioning the first message content from the second device display area to the third device display area and the second message content from the first device display area to the second device display area to facilitate the displaying of the third message content in the first device display area.

16. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:

receiving a message comprising first message content comprising a message element, wherein the message element is associated with a first device display area of a device display,

determining a first representation value from a set of display representation values comprising a text-only value associated with generating a textual representation of the message element, an icon-only value associated with generating an icon representation of the message element, a reduced-size value associated with generating a representation that is smaller than a 100% sized representation of the message element, a full-size value associated with generating the 100% sized representation of the message element, and an increased-size value associated with generating a representation that is larger than the 100% sized representation of the message element;

determining a first layout of the message comprising the message element displayed based on the first representation value and the first device display area;

facilitating display of the message on the device display based on the first layout;

determining, in response to receiving a message update comprising second message content newer than the first message content, a second representation value, different from the first representation value, from the set of representation values based on the message element being associated with a second device display area of the device display;

determining a second layout of the message comprising the message element displayed based on the second representation value and second device display area; and

facilitating display of the message on the device display based on the second layout.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the receiving the message update is associated with displaying the second message content in the first device display area and displaying first message content in the second device display area.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the receiving the message update is further associated with transitioning the first message content from the first device display area to the second device display area to facilitate the displaying of the second message content in the first device display area.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16, the operations further comprising:

receiving another message update comprising third message content that is more recent than the second message content and, in response, determining a third representation value from the set of representation values based on the message element being associated with a third device display area of the device display;

determining a third layout of the message comprising the message element displayed based on the third representation value and third device display area; and

facilitating display of the message on the device display based on the third layout.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the receiving the other message update is associated with displaying the third message content in the first device display area, displaying the second message content in the second device display area, and displaying the first message content in the third device display area.