Interactive message editing system and method
First Claim
1. An interactive message editing system, comprising:
- a database containing data representative of a plurality of media objects and of a plurality of data strings each associated with one or more of said media objects according to a predetermined rank depicting a nominal preference to be accorded to each media object matching the respective data string,a memory for storing multimedia message data entered by a user via a user interface,a parser coupled to the memory for parsing said message data on the fly for identifying successive character strings,a comparator coupled to the parser and to said database for comparing each of the character strings with data strings in the database,an interactive menu compiler coupled to the comparator and responsive to a character string at least partially matching a data string in the database for presenting on a display device one or more media objects associated with the data string, anda media enhancer responsive to manual selection by the user of a presented media object for embedding the selected media object in spatial association with the associated character string.
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Abstract
In an interactive message editing system (10) and method a database (16) contains data representative of a plurality of media objects (19a, 19b, 19c, 19d) and of a plurality of data strings each associated with one or more of the media objects according to a predetermined rank. A memory (14) stores multimedia message data entered by a user and a parser (15) coupled to the memory parses the message data on the fly for identifying successive character strings, each of which is compared with data strings in the database. One or more media objects associated with a data string in the database that at least partially matches a character string are presented on a display device (11) according to the predetermined rank for manual selection by the user. A selected media object is embedded in spatial association with the associated data string.
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12 Claims
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1. An interactive message editing system, comprising:
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a database containing data representative of a plurality of media objects and of a plurality of data strings each associated with one or more of said media objects according to a predetermined rank depicting a nominal preference to be accorded to each media object matching the respective data string, a memory for storing multimedia message data entered by a user via a user interface, a parser coupled to the memory for parsing said message data on the fly for identifying successive character strings, a comparator coupled to the parser and to said database for comparing each of the character strings with data strings in the database, an interactive menu compiler coupled to the comparator and responsive to a character string at least partially matching a data string in the database for presenting on a display device one or more media objects associated with the data string, and a media enhancer responsive to manual selection by the user of a presented media object for embedding the selected media object in spatial association with the associated character string. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An interactive message editing method, comprising:
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maintaining a database containing data representative of a plurality of media objects and of a plurality of data strings each associated with one or more of said media objects; storing multimedia message data entered by a user via a user interface; parsing said message data on the fly for identifying successive character strings; comparing each of the character strings with data strings in the database; presenting on a display device one or more media objects associated with a data string in the database that at least partially matches a character string; and embedding a selected media object in spatial association with the associated character string; wherein, for each of the media objects associated with each data string in said database storing a respective rank depicting a nominal preference to be accorded to each media object matching the respective data string; and adjusting the respective ranks of matching media objects in response to successive manual selections of displayed media objects and updating the database accordingly. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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