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Systems and methods for identifying and suggesting emoticons

  • US 9,075,794 B2
  • Filed: 12/08/2014
  • Issued: 07/07/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

  • receiving a set of one or more segments of interest selected relative to a current position of an input cursor in a text field, the one or more segments of interest comprising at least one of a word, a sentence fragment, a sentence, a phrase, and a passage;

    performing a semantic analysis to determine a context of the one or more segments of interest, the context comprising at least one of a subtext and a meaning associated with the one or more segments of interest;

    identifying a set of candidate emoticons for insertion into the text field based on associations between the candidate emoticons and the context;

    presenting the set of candidate emoticons for entry selection;

    receiving an entry selection of one or more candidate emoticons from the set of candidate emoticons; and

    inserting the selected one or more candidate emoticons into the text field.

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