System and method for incorporating multimedia content into a message handled by a mobile device

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PATENT NO 8260331
APP PUB NO 20100041422A1
SERIAL NO

12507355

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Multimedia content can be incorporated into a message handled by a mobile device with minimum invasiveness by utilizing linking mechanisms that are visually identifiable with certain content and can reveal the multimedia content, e.g. an advertisement, upon selection. This may be done by examining content in the message handled by a mobile device and matching portions of the message with predetermined criteria such as keywords or phrases. Upon finding matches, corresponding multimedia content is associated with a respective portion of the message content and access to the multimedia content is enabled through selection of a linking mechanism that is visually identifiable with the respective portion of the message. The message is modified to include such linking mechanisms such that upon viewing the modified message, a user may reveal the multimedia content by selecting the linking mechanism.

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MALIKIE INNOVATIONS LIMITEDDUN LAOGHAIRE DUBLIN A96 VR66

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Balsillie, James Laurence Waterloo, CA 4 142
Mallick, Martyn Henri Waterloo, CA 5 153
Wormald, Christopher R Waterloo, CA 66 1435

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