Animated messaging

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9135740
APP PUB NO 20120030038A1
SERIAL NO

12909090

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A method and apparatus that allows an animated interactive talking character to appear on a user's screen when conducting an Instant Messaging (IM) session. The character which is displayed on the user's screen is determined by a profile for the sender of the message. This allows a user to pre-select which character will be displayed on the screen of recipients of the instant messages.

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  • E-CLIPS INTELLIGENT AGENT TECHNOLOGIES PTY. LTD.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Felich, Anton Wheelers Hill, AU 1 10
Jenkins, James Cornwall, GB 16 209
Russell, Nicholas Wheelers Hill, AU 4 93

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