Multiple avatar personalities
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1. A system for communicating, the system comprising a processor connected to a storage device and one or more input/output devices, wherein the processor is configured to:
- receive, from an instant messaging sender, an indication of multiple different personas associated with the instant messaging sender, each of the personas comprising a sender avatar capable of being animated and a collection of self-expression items reflecting preferences of the sender;
store the multiple personas in one or more data structures;
store, for each of the multiple personas, an association between the persona and at least one potential instant messaging recipient;
initiate an instant messaging communications session between the instant messaging sender and a particular potential instant messaging recipient;
access the stored association between the particular potential instant messaging recipient and a corresponding one of the stored personas associated with the instant messaging recipient; and
render, on an instant messaging recipient system, the accessed persona as the persona for the instant message sender during communications involving the instant message sender and the particular potential instant messaging recipient.
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Abstract
Perception of multiple online personas is enabled in an instant messaging communications session. At least two identities within a communications environment to whom messages may be directed are identified. A first persona of a user is enabled to be projected to a first of the identities while a second persona of the same user is enabled to be concurrently projected to a second of the identities. The first and second personas each include an avatar capable of being animated, and the first persona and the second persona differ.
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1. A system for communicating, the system comprising a processor connected to a storage device and one or more input/output devices, wherein the processor is configured to:
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receive, from an instant messaging sender, an indication of multiple different personas associated with the instant messaging sender, each of the personas comprising a sender avatar capable of being animated and a collection of self-expression items reflecting preferences of the sender; store the multiple personas in one or more data structures; store, for each of the multiple personas, an association between the persona and at least one potential instant messaging recipient; initiate an instant messaging communications session between the instant messaging sender and a particular potential instant messaging recipient; access the stored association between the particular potential instant messaging recipient and a corresponding one of the stored personas associated with the instant messaging recipient; and render, on an instant messaging recipient system, the accessed persona as the persona for the instant message sender during communications involving the instant message sender and the particular potential instant messaging recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a computer program configured to communicate, the medium comprising one or more code segments configured to:
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receive, from an instant messaging sender, an indication of multiple different personas associated with the instant messaging sender, each of the personas comprising a sender avatar capable of being animated and a collection of self-expression items reflecting preferences of the sender; store the multiple personas in one or more data structures; store, for each of the multiple personas, an association between the persona and at least one potential instant messaging recipient; initiate an instant messaging communications session between the instant messaging sender and a particular potential instant messaging recipient; access the stored association between the particular potential instant messaging recipient and a corresponding one of the stored personas associated with the instant messaging recipient; and render, on an instant messaging recipient system, the accessed persona as the persona for the instant message sender during communications involving the instant message sender and the particular potential instant messaging recipient. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A computer-implemented method for enabling perception of multiple online personas in an instant messaging communications session, the method comprising:
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receiving, from an instant messaging sender, an indication of multiple different personas associated with the instant messaging sender, each of the personas comprising a sender avatar capable of being animated and a collection of self-expression items reflecting preferences of the sender; storing the multiple personas in one or more data structures; storing, for each of the multiple personas, an association between the persona and at least one potential instant messaging recipient; initiating an instant messaging communications session between the instant messaging sender and a particular potential instant messaging recipient; accessing the stored association between the particular potential instant messaging recipient and a corresponding one of the stored personas associated with the instant messaging recipient; and rendering, on an instant messaging recipient system, the accessed persona as the persona for the instant message sender during communications involving the instant message sender and the particular potential instant messaging recipient. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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