IDENTIFYING AND MAPPING EMOJIS

• US 20180167468A1
• Filed: 12/09/2016
• Published: 06/14/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Johnson, Raoul, Harkness, Christopher
• Granted Patent: US 10,057,358 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/274 Converting codes to words; Guess-ahead of partial word inputs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/35 Discourse or dialogue representation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information

Abstract

A computer system associates one or more actions with an emoji. The computer system detects a selection of the emoji within an electronic communication by a user. In response to the detecting the selection of the emoji within the electronic communication, the computer system initiates performance of at least one action of the one or more actions based on determining that one or more contextual factors associated with the electronic communication satisfy a set of conditions associated with the at least one action.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a non-transitory memory; and

one or more hardware processors, coupled with the non-transitory memory and configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform operations comprising;

associating a plurality of actions with an emoji, wherein each action in the plurality of actions is associated with a set of conditions;

detecting a selection of the emoji within an electronic communication by a user on a user device, wherein the user is associated with a user account;

in response to detecting the selection of the emoji within the electronic communication, analyzing data related to one or more contextual factors associated with the electronic communication obtained from the user device;

determining, based on the analyzing, that one set of conditions associated with an action from the plurality of actions is satisfied; and

in response to the determining that the one set of conditions is satisfied, performing an electronic transaction using the user account of the user based on the action.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the action comprises a series of sub-actions.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein analyzing the data related to the one or more contextual factors associated with the electronic communication comprises:

determining that a time period within which the electronic communication was transmitted satisfies a time condition of the one set of conditions by referencing metadata associated with the electronic communication.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein analyzing the data related to the one or more contextual factors associated with the electronic communication comprises:

determining a first location corresponding to the user device based on location information obtained from a location component of the user device; and

determining that the first location of a device of satisfies a location information condition of the one set of conditions.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein analyzing the data related to the one or more contextual factors associated with the electronic communication further comprises:

identifying a recipient of the electronic communication based on metadata associated with the electronic communication;

determining a second location corresponding to a recipient device of the recipient based on location information obtained from a location component of the recipient device; and

determining that a distance between the first location and the second location satisfies a threshold distance condition of the one set of conditions.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein analyzing the data related to the one or more contextual factors associated with the electronic communication comprises:

deriving a topic associated with the electronic communication by performing a natural language analysis on the electronic communication; and

determining that the derived topic satisfies a topic condition of the one set of conditions.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the one set of conditions includes a plurality of conditions.

26. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise extracting metadata from the electronic communication, wherein the data related to the one or more contextual factors associated with the electronic communication comprises the extracted metadata.

27. The system of claim 1, wherein the electronic communication is addressed to a first recipient, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving at least one other electronic communication generated by the user and addressed to a second recipient different form the first recipient, wherein the data related to the one or more contextual factors associated with the electronic communication comprises the at least one other electronic communication.

8. A method comprising:

associating, by one or more hardware processors, a plurality of actions with an emoji, wherein each action in the plurality of actions is associated with a set of conditions;

detecting, by the one or more hardware processors, a selection of the emoji within an electronic communication by a user on a user device, wherein the user is associated with a user account;

in response to detecting the selection of the emoji within the electronic communication, analyzing, by the one or more hardware processors, the electronic communication and data related to one or more contextual factors associated with the electronic communication obtained from the user device;

determining, based on the analyzing, that one set of conditions associated with an action from the plurality of actions is satisfied; and

in response to the determining that the one set of conditions is satisfied, performing, by the one or more hardware processors, an electronic transactions using the user account of the user based on the actions.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein analyzing the data related to the one or more contextual factors associated with the electronic communication comprises:

determining that a time period within which the electronic communication was transmitted satisfies a time condition of the one set of conditions by referencing metadata associated with the electronic communication.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein analyzing the data related to the one or more contextual factors associated with the electronic communication comprises:

determining a first location corresponding to the user device based on location information obtained from a location component of the user device; and

determining that the first location satisfies a location condition of the one set of conditions.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein analyzing the data related to the one or more contextual factors associated with the electronic communication further comprises:

identifying a recipient of the electronic communication based on metadata associated with the electronic communication;

determining a second location of corresponding to a recipient device of the recipient based on location information obtained from a location component of the recipient device; and

determining that a distance between the first location and the second location satisfies a threshold distance condition of the one set of conditions.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein analyzing the data related to the one or more contextual factors associated with the electronic communication comprises:

deriving a topic associated with the electronic communication by performing a natural language analysis on the electronic communication; and

determining that the derived topic satisfies a topic condition of the one set of conditions.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the one set of conditions includes a plurality of conditions.

14-20. -20. (canceled)

21. A non-transitory machine readable medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions executable to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:

associating a plurality of actions with an emoji, wherein each action in the plurality of actions is associated with a set of conditions;

detecting a selection of the emoji within an electronic communication by a user on a user device, wherein the user is associated with a user account;

in response to detecting the selection of the emoji within the electronic communication, analyzing data related to one or more contextual factors associated with the electronic communication obtained from the user device;

determining, based on the analyzing, that one set of conditions associated with an action from the plurality of actions is satisfied; and

in response to the determining that the one set of conditions is satisfied, performing an electronic transaction using the user account of the user based on the action.

22. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 21, wherein analyzing the data related to the one or more contextual factors associated with the electronic communication comprises determining that a time period within which the electronic communication was transmitted satisfies a time condition of the one set of conditions based on metadata associated with the electronic communication.

23. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 21, wherein analyzing the data related to the one or more contextual factors associated with the electronic communication comprises:

determining a first location corresponding to the user device based on location information obtained from a location component of the user device; and

determining that the first location satisfies a location condition of the one set of conditions.

24. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 23, wherein analyzing the data related to the one or more contextual factors associated with the electronic communication further comprises:

identifying a recipient of the electronic communication based on metadata associated with the electronic communication;

determining a second location corresponding to a recipient device of the recipient based on location information obtained from a location component of the recipient device; and

determining that a distance between the first location and the second location satisfies a threshold distance condition of the first set of conditions.

25. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 21, wherein analyzing the data related to the one or more contextual factors associated with the electronic communication comprises:

deriving a topic associated with the electronic communication by performing a natural language analysis on the electronic communication; and

determining that the derived topic satisfies a topic condition of the one set of conditions.