Showing papers on "Emoticon published in 2006"

Electronic messages with embedded musical note emoticons

Abstract: A computer implemented method for authoring a message includes enabling a user to compose an electronic message that includes a sequence of musical note emoticons, embedding the musical note emoticons in the electronic message, and sending the electronic message. The sequence of musical note emoticons represent an audible musical sequence. A computer implemented method for receiving a message includes receiving an electronic message, including at least one musical note emoticon embedded in the electronic message, displaying the electronic message, including the musical note emoticon; and audibly playing the embedded musical note emoticon.

System and method for interlocking process between emoticon and avatar

Abstract: PURPOSE: An emoticon and avatar interconnection method and a system for the same are provided to interconnect an emoticon, input during a chatting to an avatar for making the other side effectively recognize an intention by changing looks of the avatar according to the emoticon. CONSTITUTION: The system comprises a chatting server(100), an emoticon server(105), an avatar server(110), and a central controller(250). The emoticon server(105) includes an emoticon search module(200), an emoticon extractor(205), an emoticon recognizer(210), and an emoticon database(215). The emoticon search module(200) searches for an emoticon included in chatting contents input by a client by referring to the emoticon database(215). The emoticon extractor(205) extracts the searched emoticon from the chatting contents, and transmits it to the emoticon recognizer(210). The emoticon recognizer recognizes a meaning of the extracted emoticon by referring to the database(215). The avatar server(110) includes an emoticon interconnecting module(220), an avatar image extractor(225), an avatar image application module(230), an avatar controller(235), an avatar image database(240), and a registered avatar database(245). The emoticon interconnecting module(220) receives the meaning of the emoticon from the emoticon recognizer(210), and transmits it to the avatar image extractor(225). The avatar image extractor(225) extracts avatar images, corresponding to the meaning of the emoticon, from the avatar database(240).

Emoticon message transforming system and method for the same

Abstract: Provided an emoticon message conversion system which extracts an optimal emoticon in accordance with the size of an outgoing message of a service subscriber and message tags set by a user, combines the emoticon and the outgoing message so as to generate an emoticon message, provides the generated emoticon message to a destination mobile communication terminal, and further extracts abbreviated symbols of a user from an outgoing messaige so as to provide a message, in which the abbreviated symbols are substituted with preset words or common phrases, to a destination mobile communication terminal. In the emoticon message conversion system, in accordance with tags inserted in a message, preset setting values, or basic setting values, an emoticon is extracted so as to be inserted into a short message. Therefore, a user does not need to create an emoticon by combining characters/numbers one by one, but can easily show an emoticon.

Mobile communication terminal enable to transmit of message for emoticon and its operating method

Abstract: A mobile communication terminal having a function for transmitting a message by using emoticons and an operating method thereof are provided to generate animation emoticons by combining a plurality of user emoticons, thereby generating the animation emoticons of various types. A mobile communication terminal having a function for transmitting a message by using emoticons comprises the followings: an input unit(20) for inputting data; a memory(40) storing emoticon data and animation emoticon data; and a controller(10) which generates animation emoticon by combining a plurality of emoticons, and enables the generated animation emoticon to be inserted into a text message before being transmitted.

Apparatus and method for registering, inputting and transmitting emoticon for inputting short message of the portable terminal

Abstract: A method for registering and inputting an emoticon to input a short message in a portable phone is provided to register a text emoticon or an image emoticon for a specific string when the short message is inputted, and replace an inputted specific string with an emoticon when the specific string is inputted. A user defines a specific string in an input window of a portable phone emoticon setup menu, and registers and stores an emoticon for the specific string(S1). If the user inputs the specific string when inputting a character for a mobile communication service(S2), a transmitting-side terminal replaces the specific string with the predetermined emoticon and displays the emoticon on a screen(S3). The transmitting-side terminal transmits data including the input character and the predetermined emoticon corresponding to the specific string to a receiving-side terminal through a mobile communication network(S4). The receiving-side terminal receives the data including the input character and the emoticon, and displays the received data on a corresponding mobile communication service screen(S5).