Methods, systems, and computer program products for modifying an electronic text message with warped images

• US 20080278520A1
• Filed: 05/08/2007
• Published: 11/13/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Andreasson, Mans Folke Markus
• Application Number:
  US11/800,928
• Publication Number:
  US 20080278520A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/647
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/576 associated with a pictorial or graphical representation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages

Abstract

Methods, devices, and computer program products modify an electronic text message with warped images. At least one emoticon is identified in an electronic text message. An image associated with a sender of the electronic text message is identified. The images warped based on the identified emoticon to provide a warped image. The warped images embedded in the electronic text message by replacing the at least one emoticon with the warped image.

Claims

1. A method of modifying an electronic text message:

identifying at least one emoticon in an electronic text message;

identifying an image associated with a sender of the electronic text message;

warping the image based on the identified emoticon to provide a warped image; and

embedding the warped image in the electronic text message.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein embedding the warped image in the electronic text message includes replacing the at least one emoticon with the warped image.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising reducing a number of pixels in the warped image in response to a size of the warped image to be displayed in the electronic text message.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising resizing the warped image before embedding the warped image in the text of the electronic message.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the image is based on a digital photograph of the sender.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the warped image has a number of pixels that is less than the number of pixels of the digital photograph of the sender.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the emoticon corresponds to one of a plurality of warping protocols, and warping the image based on the identified emoticon to provide a warped image is carried out using the corresponding one of the plurality of warping protocols.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

digitally photographing a subject with a mobile terminal having a digital camera thereon; and

storing the digital photograph on the mobile terminal to provide the image associated with a sender of electronic messages.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

warping the digital photograph to generate the warped image, and to reduce a number of pixels stored on the mobile terminal for the warped image.

10. A computer program product for modifying electronic text messages, the computer program product comprising:

a computer readable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code that identifies at least one emoticon in an electronic text message;

computer readable program code that identifies an image associated with a sender of the electronic text message;

computer readable program code that warps the image based on the identified emoticon to provide a warped image; and

computer readable program code that embeds the warped image in the electronic text message.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the computer readable program code that embeds the warped image in the electronic text message includes computer readable program code that replaces the at least one emoticon with the warped image.

12. The computer program product of claim 10, further comprising computer-readable program code that reduces a number of pixels in the warped image in response to a size of the warped image to be displayed in the electronic text message.

13. The computer program product of claim 12, further comprising computer readable program code that resizes the warped image before embedding the warped image in the text of the electronic message.

14. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the image is based on a digital photograph of the sender.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the warped image has a number of pixels that is less than the number of pixels of the digital photograph of the sender.

16. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the emoticon corresponds to one of a plurality of warping protocols, and warping the image based on the identified emoticon to provide a warped image is carried out using the corresponding one of the plurality of warping protocols.

17. The computer program product of claim 10, further comprising:

computer readable program code that digitally photographs a subject with a mobile terminal having a digital camera thereon; and

computer readable program code that stores the digital photograph on the mobile terminal to provide the image associated with a sender of electronic messages.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, further comprising computer readable program code that warps the digital photograph to generate the warped image, and to reduce a number of pixels stored on the mobile terminal for the warped image.

19. A mobile terminal for modifying an electronic text message:

a warped image embedding module configured to identify at least one emoticon in an electronic text message, to identify an image associated with a sender of the electronic text message, to warp the image based on the identified emoticon to provide a warped image, and to embed the warped image in the electronic text message.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 19, further comprising a camera configured to capture a digitally photograph to provide the image associated with the sender.