CLICKABLE EMOJI

• US 20180373683A1
• Filed: 04/23/2014
• Published: 12/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Klickafy, LLC
• Original Assignee: Klickafy, LLC
• Inventors: HULLETTE, Brian, JUDOVSKY, Mark Patrick
• Granted Patent: US 10,482,163 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information

Abstract

Hyperlinked icons, images, and emoji may be shared by users in a real-time messaging environment, such as text messaging. A user may send a message including a clickable emoji to a receiving user, where the received clickable emoji is displayed in the message. If the received clickable emoji is selected by the receiving user, web content linked to the emoji is retrieved and displayed. Messaging server(s) monitor messages, events, and social trends collecting contextual data. Content providers use collected contextual data to efficiently deliver targeted content.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method to provide linkable emoji in messages sent on a real-time messaging platform, the method comprising:

extracting analytic data from at least one communication received from a first client device, the analytic data identifying a network type identifier associated with the first client device;

storing the analytic data associated with the first client device;

receiving, at the first client device, a message request to generate a message that uses at least one linkable emoji within the requested message, each linkable emoji configured to include an emoji image for direct insertion into the message and at least one content link;

generating the at least one content link for the at least one linkable emoji for the requested message based in part on one or more of (i) the extracted analytic information, (ii) the at least one default content link, and (iii) at least one multi-conditional content link, to conditionally direct the first client device to additional content associated with each linkable emoji;

generating the requested message with the at least one linkable emoji; and

transmitting the generated message including the at least one linkable emoji to at least one target client device.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising parsing at least one message transmitted between the first client device and the at least one target client device to collect contextual data related to the at least one linkable emoji from the at least one message.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the contextual information further includes at least one social metric and message spoilation information, wherein the method further comprises:

determining an emoji message spoilation status based at least in part upon the message spoliation information, the emoji message spoilation status corresponding to the at least one linkable emoji; and

identifying at least one message spoilation limitation associated with the at least one linkable emoji via the emoji message spoilation status.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting further comprises substituting, instead of the linkable emoji, a conditional linkable emoji to additional content associated with the linkable emoji, whenever at least one condition associated with the conditional linkable emoji is satisfied at the target client device.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the at least one content link is selectively and/or conditionally designated by one of the first client device or a messaging server or a content server that remotely maintains the additional content.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising receiving the at least one linkable emoji from a local datastore of the first client device.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein an alternative linkable emoji is provided when the emoji image or the at least one content link is unavailable.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, wherein the alternative linkable emoji is downloadable for inclusion in a local datastore of the first client device.

21. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the generated message with the at least one linkable emoji includes a conditional multilink emoji and wherein said generating the message includes determining which link of the conditional multilink emoji should be designated.

22. The computer-implemented method of claim 21, wherein the generated message with the at least one linkable emoji includes a spoilable emoji and wherein the method further comprises determining a message spoliation status based at least in part upon at least one spoliation factor relating to the generated message.

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11. One or more non-transitory computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method, the method comprising:

extracting analytic data from at least one communication received from a first client device, the analytic data identifying a network type identifier associated with the first client device;

storing the analytic data associated with the first client device;

receiving, at the first client device, a message request to include at least one linkable emoji within a requested message, each linkable emoji configured to include an emoji image for direct insertion into the message and at least one content link;

generating the at least one content link for the at least one linkable emoji for the requested message based in part on one or more of (i) the extracted analytic information. (ii) the at least one default content link, and (iii) at least one multi-conditional content link, to conditionally direct the first client device to additional content associated with each linkable emoji;

generating the requested message with the at least one linkable emoji; and

transmitting the generated message including the at least one linkable emoji to at least one target client device.

12. The one or more non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the plurality of instructions include instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to parse at least one message transmitted between the first client device and the at least one client device to collect contextual data related to the at least one linkable emoji from the at least one message, the contextual information including social metrics, user information, and client device information.

13. The one or more non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the plurality of instructions include instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to conditionally designate a link, based at least in part upon the analytic data, within the at least one content link from the at least one default content link and the at least one multi-conditional content link.

14. The one or more non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the received message request includes at least one emoji image and at least one content link.

15. The one or more non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the generated message includes at least one linkable emoji, each linkable emoji including two or more emoji images and/or two or more content links to be designated, after transmitting the generated message, based on the collected client device information.

16. A linkable emoji messaging system, comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more non-transitory computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform a method, the method comprising;

extracting analytic data from at least one communication received from a first client device, the analytic data identifying a network type identifier associated with the first client device;

storing the analytic data associated with the first client device;

generating a message, at the first client device, including at least one linkable emoji, each linkable emoji configured to include an emoji image for direct insertion into the message and at least one conditional content link, each conditional content link being based in part on one or more of;

(i) the extracted analytic data, (ii) at least one default content link, and (iii) at least one multi-conditional content link, to conditionally direct the first client device to additional content associated with each linkable emoji; and

transmitting the generated message to at least one target client device, the generated message including the at least one linkable emoji.

17. The linkable emoji messaging system of claim 16, further comprising an emoji datastore of at least one linkable emoji, each linkable emoji having at least one emoji image and at least one conditional content link and wherein the step of generating the message includes selecting a linkable emoji from the datastore.

18. The linkable emoji messaging system of claim 17, wherein the method includes creating a new linkable emoji having a new emoji image and a new content link and adding the new linkable emoji to the datastore for inclusion in future messages.

19. The linkable emoji messaging system of claim 16, wherein the step of transmitting the generated message includes sending, separately from other contents of the message, the at least one linkable emoji including the emoji image and the content link associated with the linkable emoji to the at least one target client device.

20. The linkable emoji messaging system of claim 16, wherein the method includes receiving, at the first client device, at least one new linkable emoji from a messaging server or a content server, the received at least one new linkable emoji being available on the originating client device for inclusion in the generated message as the at least one linkable emoji.