System and method of customizing animated entities for use in a multi-media communication application
First Claim
1. A sender selectable personal animated entity for use in delivering a multi-media message from a sender to a recipient, the animated entity created according to a method comprising:
- receiving from the sender a personal image file at a server, the image file including an image of an entity;
via a dialog between the server and the sender, requesting via a processor the sender to provide input with respect to a plurality of facial features of the image of the entity in preparation for animating the image of the entity, wherein the dialog includes, after the sender has input a predetermined number of facial features, presenting the sender with an option to continue to mark facial features; and
after the sender provides the input with respect to the plurality of facial features of the image of the entity, presenting the image of the entity as a personal animated entity to the sender to preview or a display, wherein upon approval of the preview from the sender, as the sender later begins a process of preparing a multi-media message to send to the recipient, presenting the personal animated entity as a sender selectable image for delivering the multi-media message to the recipient.
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Abstract
In an embodiment, a method is provided for creating a personal animated entity for delivering a multi-media message from a sender to a recipient. An image file from the sender may be received by a server. The image file may include an image of an entity. The sender may be requested to provide input with respect to facial features of the image of the entity in preparation for animating the image of the entity. After the sender provides the input with respect to the facial features of the image of the entity, the image of the entity may be presented as a personal animated entity to the sender to preview. Upon approval of the preview from the sender, the image of the entity may be presented as a sender-selectable personal animated entity for delivering the multi-media message to the recipient.
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23 Claims
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1. A sender selectable personal animated entity for use in delivering a multi-media message from a sender to a recipient, the animated entity created according to a method comprising:
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receiving from the sender a personal image file at a server, the image file including an image of an entity; via a dialog between the server and the sender, requesting via a processor the sender to provide input with respect to a plurality of facial features of the image of the entity in preparation for animating the image of the entity, wherein the dialog includes, after the sender has input a predetermined number of facial features, presenting the sender with an option to continue to mark facial features; and after the sender provides the input with respect to the plurality of facial features of the image of the entity, presenting the image of the entity as a personal animated entity to the sender to preview or a display, wherein upon approval of the preview from the sender, as the sender later begins a process of preparing a multi-media message to send to the recipient, presenting the personal animated entity as a sender selectable image for delivering the multi-media message to the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A tangible computer-readable medium storing instructions for controlling a computing device to create a personal animated entity for delivering a multi-media message from a sender to a recipient, the instructions comprising:
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receiving from the sender a personal image file at a server, the image file including an image of an entity; via a dialog between the server and the sender, requesting via a processor in the computing device the sender to provide input with respect to a plurality of facial features of the image of the entity in preparation for animating the image of the entity, wherein the dialog includes, after the sender has input a predetermined number of facial features, presenting the sender with an option to continue to mark facial features; and after the sender provides the input with respect to the plurality of facial features of the image of the entity, presenting via the processor the image of the entity as a personal animated entity to the sender to preview, wherein upon approval of the preview from the sender, as the sender later begins a process of preparing a multi-media message to send to the recipient, presenting the personal animated entity as a sender selectable image for delivering the multi-media message to the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system for creating a personal animated entity for delivering a multi-media message from a sender to a recipient, the system comprising:
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a module configured to receive from the sender a personal image file at a server, the image file including an image of an entity; a module configured, via a dialog between the sewer and the sender, to request the sender to provide input with respect to a plurality of facial features of the image of the entity in preparation for animating the image of the entity, wherein the dialog includes, after the sender has input a predetermined number of facial features, presenting the sender with an option to continue to mark facial features; and a module configured, after the sender provides the input with respect to the plurality of facial features of the image of the entity, to present the image of the entity as a personal animated entity to the sender to preview, wherein upon approval of the preview from the sender, as the sender later begins a process of preparing a multi-media message to send to the recipient, presenting the personal animated entity as a sender selectable image for delivering the multi-media message to the recipient; and a module configured, upon approval of the preview from the sender, as the sender later begins a process of preparing a multi-media message to send to the recipient, to present the image of the entity as a sender selectable personal animated entity for delivering the multi-media message to the recipient.
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