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Remote communication through visual representations

  • US 6,522,333 B1
  • Filed: 10/08/1999
  • Issued: 02/18/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/08/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of communicating data from a user to a remote recipient through a remote connection comprising:

  • providing a set of behavioral characteristics of a visual representation to the user, the behavioral characteristics representing contexts within which data is to be interpreted;

    receiving a selection of a behavioral characteristic from one of the set of behavioral characteristics from the user;

    receiving data to be communicated from the user to the recipient;

    communicating the data to the recipient concurrently with a behavioral movement of the visual representation associated with the selected behavioral characteristic, wherein the behavioral movement provides context to the recipient for interpreting the communicated data;

    receiving data from the user specifying a gesture for communicating behavioral information associated with a sequence of behavioral movements; and

    animating the visual representation responsive to the sequence of behavioral movements associated with the gesture.

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