System and method of customizing animated entities for use in a multi-media communication application
First Claim
1. A method of creating a personal animated entity for delivering a multi-media message from a sender to a recipient, the method comprising:
- receiving from the sender an image file at a server, the image file having an entity and a background;
presenting the image file to the sender and requesting the sender to mark entity features on the image file in preparation for animating the entity;
after the sender marks the entity features, presenting the image file as a personal animated entity to the sender to preview; and
upon approval of the preview from the sender, presenting the image file as a sender-selectable personal animated entity for delivering the multi-media message, wherein the sender-selectable personal animated entity includes the image file background.
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Abstract
A method of creating a personal animated entity for delivering a multi-media message from a sender to a recipient is disclosed. The method comprises receiving from the sender an image file at a server, the image file having an entity and a background image. The server presents to the sender the image file and requests the sender to mark features on the image file. After the sender marks the image file, the server presents to the sender the image file as an optional animated entity when the sender chooses an animated entity to deliver a multi-media message. If the sender selects the image file for delivering the multi-media message, the server delivers the multi-media message using the personal animated entity in the context of the background image of the image file. Extrapolation is used to fill in background voids created by the movement of the personal animated entity in the context of the background image.
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10 Claims
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1. A method of creating a personal animated entity for delivering a multi-media message from a sender to a recipient, the method comprising:
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receiving from the sender an image file at a server, the image file having an entity and a background; presenting the image file to the sender and requesting the sender to mark entity features on the image file in preparation for animating the entity; after the sender marks the entity features, presenting the image file as a personal animated entity to the sender to preview; and upon approval of the preview from the sender, presenting the image file as a sender-selectable personal animated entity for delivering the multi-media message, wherein the sender-selectable personal animated entity includes the image file background. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of delivering a multi-media message having a personal animated entity, the personal animated entity created by a user from an image file having an entity and a background, the method comprising:
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receiving the image file from the user at a server; presenting the image file to the user and requesting the user to mark entity features on the image file for creating the personal animated entity; presenting the animated entity to the user to preview the personal animated entity; and upon approval of the preview from the user, presenting the personal animated entity as a sender-selectable personal animated entity for delivering the multi-media message. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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