US20130159919A1 - Systems and Methods for Identifying and Suggesting Emoticons - Google Patents

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US20130159919A1
US20130159919A1 US13/330,357 US201113330357A US2013159919A1 US 20130159919 A1 US20130159919 A1 US 20130159919A1 US 201113330357 A US201113330357 A US 201113330357A US 2013159919 A1 US2013159919 A1 US 2013159919A1
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  • the invention(s) described herein generally relate to emoticons. More particularly, the invention(s) relate to systems and methods for identifying and suggesting emoticons during various activities on a computing device.
  • emoticons were facial expressions represented by characters (e.g., ASCII characters) commonly found on computer keyboards, such as letters, numbers, and symbols.
  • characters e.g., ASCII characters
  • These original emoticons once placed in an electronic message or an electronic posting by an author (e.g., electronic bulletin board), were meant to convey the author's mood or to convey/enhance the overall sentiment of the message or the posting.
  • these emoticons were limited to expressing moods, such as happiness, anger, sadness, and indifference.
  • character emoticons expanded to conveying meanings and messages.
  • emoticons include character emoticons and emoticons represented by graphical images (hereafter, “graphical emoticons”).
  • graphical emoticons With the availability of graphical emoticons, a user can depict a greater number of moods, meanings and messages not once possible with character emoticons alone.
  • character and graphical emoticons are now available for use through a variety of digital devices (e.g., mobile telecommunication devices, and tablets), and are used in a variety of computing activities, especially with respect to the Internet.
  • graphical emoticons are commonly available for use when drafting personal e-mails, when posting messages on the Internet (e.g., on social networking site or a web forum), and when messaging between mobile devices.
  • the user may access emoticons through a menu or library from which they can browse and select emoticons for use in the computing activity.
  • Various embodiments discussed herein provide systems and methods for identifying and suggesting emoticons for segments of texts. Some systems and methods may be utilized during a user activity on a computing device including, without limitation, instant messaging, participating in online chat rooms, drafting e-mails, posting web blogs, or posting to web forums.
  • An exemplary method comprises receiving a set of segments from a text field, analyzing the set of segments to determine at least one of a target subtext or a target meaning associated with the set of segments, and identifying a set of candidate emoticons where each candidate emoticon in the set of candidate emoticons has an association between the candidate emoticon and at least one of the target subtext or the target meaning.
  • the method may further comprise presenting the set of candidate emoticons for entry selection at a current position of an input cursor, receiving an entry selection for a set of selected emoticons from the set of candidate emoticons, and inserting the set of selected emoticons into the text field at the current position of the input cursor.
  • the set of segments may comprise one or more segments of interest selected relative to a current position of an input cursor in the text field, the set of candidate emoticons may comprise one or more candidate emoticons, and the set of selected emoticons may comprise one or more selected emoticons.
  • analyzing the set of segments may comprise semantic analysis of the set of segments.
  • each association may comprise a statistical usage of the candidate emoticon with at least one of the target subtext or the target meaning. Additionally, for some embodiments, the method may further comprise updating the statistical usage of the candidate emoticons based on the entry selection for the set of selected emoticons. Depending on the embodiment, the statistical usage may be based on usage by a single user or by a plurality of users.
  • Presenting the set of emoticons for entry selection may involve displaying the emoticon, for entry selection, at or near the current position of the input cursor.
  • Presenting the set of candidate emoticons for entry selection may comprise displaying the set of candidate emoticons, for entry selection, on a physical input device or a virtual input device (e.g., on-screen keyboard, or a projected keyboard), wherein the physical input device and the displayed input interface are configured to execute the entry selection.
  • the virtual input device may be displayed by a display device that is also displaying the text field. Additionally, the virtual input device may be displayed in close proximity to the text field.
  • the method may further comprise identifying the set of segments using syntactical analysis.
  • Each segment of interest may comprise at least one of a word, a sentence fragment, a sentence, a phrase, or a passage that precedes or follows a current position of an input cursor.
  • identifying the set of candidate emoticons may be further based on at least a user preference, user-related information, or recipient-related information.
  • the user-related information may include a user interest, a user ethnicity, a user religion, a user geographic location, a user age, a user relational status, and a user occupation.
  • the recipient-related information may include a recipient's relation to a user, a recipient interest, a recipient ethnicity, a recipient religion, a recipient geographic location, a recipient age, a recipient relational status, and a recipient occupation.
  • An exemplary system comprises a processor, a display module, an input module, a segment analysis module, an emoticon search module, an emoticon suggestion module, and an emoticon selection module.
  • the display module may be configured to display a text field and one or more segments entered into the text field.
  • the input module may be configured to receive segment input from a user and to enter the segment input into the text field at an input cursor.
  • the segment analysis module may be configured to receive a set of segments from the text field, wherein the set of segments comprises one or more segments of interest selected relative to a current position of the input cursor in the text field.
  • the segment analysis module may be further configured to use the processor to analyze the set of segments to determine at least one of a target subtext or a target meaning associated with the set of segments.
  • the emoticon search module may be configured to identify a set of candidate emoticons, wherein each candidate emoticon in the set of candidate emoticons has an association between the candidate emoticon and at least one of the target subtext or the target meaning, and wherein the set of candidate emoticons comprises one or more candidate emoticons.
  • the emoticon suggestion module may be configured to present the set of candidate emoticons through the display module for entry selection at the current position of the input cursor.
  • the emoticon selection module may be configured to receive from the input module an entry selection for a set of selected emoticons from the set of candidate emoticons, wherein the set of selected emoticons comprises one or more selected emoticons.
  • the emoticon selection module may be further configured to insert the set of selected emoticons into the text field at the current position of the input cursor.
  • system further comprises an emoticon datastore comprising one or more emoticons capable of entry into the text field, and wherein the emoticon search module is further configured to identify a set of candidate emoticons on the emoticon datastore.
  • each association may comprise a statistical usage of the candidate emoticon with at least one of the target subtext or the target meaning
  • the emoticon selection module may be further configured to update the statistical usage of the candidate emoticons based on the entry selection for the set of selected emoticons.
  • presenting the set of emoticons through the display module for entry selection may comprise displaying the emoticon, for entry selection, at or near the current position of the input cursor.
  • the input module may comprise a physical input device or a virtual input device, wherein the physical input device and the virtual input interface are configured to execute the entry selection.
  • FIG. 1 depicts an example of an environment in which various embodiments may be utilized.
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an exemplary emoticon suggestion system in accordance with some embodiments.
  • FIG. 3 is a flow chart of an exemplary method for identifying and suggesting an emoticon in accordance with some embodiments.
  • FIG. 4 is a block diagram of an exemplary emoticon suggesting system using a client-server architecture in accordance with some embodiments.
  • FIG. 5 depicts a user interface of a messaging application, where the messaging application utilizes an embodiment.
  • FIG. 6 depicts a user-interface of a messaging application, where the messaging application utilizes an embodiment.
  • FIG. 7 is a block diagram of an exemplary digital device.
  • a number of embodiments described herein relate to systems and methods that identify and suggest emoticons during a variety of activities on a computing device involving typing characters into a text field.
  • Various systems and methods may identify the emoticon by analyzing a context of segments present in the text field and identifying one or more candidate emoticons available for entry into the text field based on that context. Subsequently, the user may select one or more emoticons from the candidate emoticons and the selected emoticons may be entered into the text field. Optionally, the user could choose to ignore the emoticon suggestion(s) entirely, and continue with their activities on the computing device.
  • a “segment” may comprise one or more characters that represent a word, a phrase, a sentence fragment, a sentence, or a passage.
  • analysis of the context of segments present in the text field may involve determining a subtext or a meaning relating to those segments, which may require semantic analysis of those segments. Also, as described herein, the association between a particular candidate emoticon and a particular subtext or meaning may be based on (past) statistical usage of the particular candidate emoticon with the particular subtext or meaning.
  • such emoticon usage may be based on a user's personal usage of the particular emoticon with the particular subtext or meaning (e.g., user's selection of suggested emoticons in the particular subtext or meaning), or may be based on a community's usage of the particular emoticon with the particular subtext or meaning (e.g., observed usage of certain emoticons in postings on a social network by a community of users).
  • FIG. 1 depicts an example of an environment 100 in which various embodiments may be utilized.
  • the environment 100 comprises a tablet computing device 104 , a local emoticon datastore 102 coupled to the tablet computing device 104 , a smartphone computing device 108 , a local emoticon datastore 106 coupled to the smartphone computing device 108 , a desktop computing device 112 , a local emoticon datastore 114 coupled to the desktop computing device 112 , an emoticon suggestion server 116 , and a local emoticon datastore 118 coupled to the emoticon suggestion server 116 .
  • the environment 100 further comprises a communication network 110 over which the tablet computing device 104 , the smartphone computing device 108 , the desktop computing device 112 , and the emoticon suggestion server 116 communicate.
  • the tablet computing device 104 , the smartphone computing device 108 , the desktop computing device 112 , and the emoticon suggestion server 116 are examples of digital devices having a processor and memory.
  • Other exemplary digital devices with which various embodiments may be utilized include laptops, netbooks, notebooks, media devices, music devices personal digital assistants (PDAs), or the like. Exemplary digital devices are further described in FIG. 7 .
  • the tablet computing device 104 , the smartphone computing device 108 , and the desktop computing device 112 may be exemplary digital devices that utilize systems and methods for identifying and suggesting emoticons for entry.
  • such computing devices may utilize certain embodiments to identify and suggest emoticons when a user is using an instant messaging application on such computing devices, or when the user is posting a message on a website forum through such computing devices.
  • Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that other digital devices could be utilized in conjunction with various embodiments described herein.
  • the emoticon suggestion server 116 may facilitate the identification and suggestion of an emoticon for a user at a digital device. As later described herein, the emoticon suggestion server 116 may determine the context of a segment, may identify one or more candidate emoticons based on a determined context, may suggest one or more candidate emoticons to a digital device, or may perform some combination thereof. For various embodiments, the emoticon suggestion server 116 may be a service operating on a server that hosts an Internet service, where the emoticon suggestion server 116 provides emoticon suggestion functionality to the Internet service.
  • the emoticon suggestion server 116 may be a service operating on a web server that is hosting a website (e.g., a website forum or a social networking website) that is being serviced by the emoticon suggestion server 116 (i.e., that is being provided emoticon suggestions by the emoticon suggestion server 116 ).
  • a website e.g., a website forum or a social networking website
  • various operations and components for identifying and suggesting an emoticon may be isolated to the digital device that utilizes the emoticon suggestions, or may be distributed on varying levels amongst two or more digital devices.
  • a system or method for identifying, suggesting, and entering an emoticon when drafting an e-mail on the smartphone computing device 108 may be entirely embedded in an e-mail application that is stored and operated on the smartphone computing device 108 .
  • a system or method for identifying, suggesting, and entering an emoticon may utilize the tablet computing device 104 to determine the context of the message as currently prepared, utilize the emoticon suggestion server 116 to identify one or more candidate emoticons for use in the message as currently prepared, and then utilize the tablet computing device 104 to present the candidate emoticons as suggested emoticons.
  • the emoticon suggestion server 116 may utilize the remote emoticon datastore 118 during the identification and suggestion of emoticons to digital devices.
  • the remote emoticon datastore 118 may comprise a library of emoticons available for suggestion by the emoticon suggestion server 116 , and associations between emoticons in the library and contexts (e.g., subtexts and meanings).
  • the remote emoticon datastore 118 may comprise a library of “happy face” emoticons, and associations between the “happy face” emoticons and a happy context.
  • the remote emoticon datastore 118 may comprise a library of “San Francisco” emoticons, and associations between the “San Francisco” emoticons and contexts that explicitly or implicitly refers to the city of San Francisco.
  • the remote emoticon datastore 118 may comprise two or more associations between a given emoticon and a given context (e.g., subtext or meaning).
  • the remote emoticon datastore 118 may comprise a library of “frowning face” emoticons, associations between the “frowning face” emoticons and a sad context, and associations between the “frowning face” emoticons and a displeased context.
  • a variety of emoticon libraries and a variety of association between emoticons and contexts can be stored on the remote emoticon datastore 118 .
  • the library of emoticons may comprise emoticons that are accessible by any user or accessible by a limited group of users restricted access (e.g., based on a premium, or only accessible to certain groups), user-customized or user-uploaded emoticons, or emoticons that are user favorites.
  • emoticons used in various embodiments may include those that relate to interests, hobbies, geographic locations, events, holidays, seasons, weather, and the like.
  • Emoticons stored on the emoticon suggestion datastore 118 may include character emoticons, graphical emoticons, graphically animated emoticons, and emoticons accompanied by sound.
  • the remote emoticon datastore 118 may further comprise user preferences, user information or recipient information, which may be utilized the embodiments when identifying emoticons suitable for suggestion.
  • the remote emoticon datastore 118 may store a user preference that causes an embodiment to suggest user-defined or user-uploaded emoticons before suggesting emoticons generally available to any user.
  • the remote emoticon datastore 118 may store a user preference that causes an embodiment to automatically insert the first emoticon suggested to the user by the embodiment, or to automatically insert the suggested emoticon having the highest usage in a given context.
  • the tablet computing device 104 , the smartphone computing device 108 , and the desktop computing device 112 may each be coupled to a separate, local emoticon datastore capable of storing user-customized emoticons, a user's favorite or preferred emoticons, associations between emoticons stored on the local emoticon and contexts (e.g., subtext or meaning), user preferences with respect to identifying and suggestion emoticons, user-related information, or recipient-related information.
  • the tablet computing device 104 may be coupled to the local emoticon datastore 102
  • the smartphone computing device 108 may be coupled to the local emoticon datastore 106 coupled
  • the desktop computing device 112 may be coupled to the local emoticon datastore 114 .
  • each of the local emoticon datastores 102 , 106 , and 114 may be utilized by their respective computing device to locally cache previously suggested emoticons or suggested emoticons previously selected by a user. In doing so, some embodiments can repeatedly suggest the same emoticons for a commonly occurring contexts while limiting the number of times the emoticon suggestions server 116 is queried for the suggested emoticons.
  • the emoticons cached in the local emoticon datastores 102 , 106 , and 114 may have an expiration time, after which the cached emoticons are invalidated or purged. Once an emoticon item in the cache has expired, some embodiments resume querying the emoticon suggestion server 116 for suggested emoticons.
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an exemplary emoticon suggestion system 200 in accordance with some embodiments.
  • the emoticon suggestion system 200 may comprise a display module 202 , an input module 204 , a segment analysis module 206 , an emoticon search module 208 , an emoticon suggestion module 210 , an emoticon selection module 212 , and an emoticon datastore 214 .
  • the emoticon suggestion system 200 may further comprise memory and at least one processor, which facilitate operation of various modules contained in the emoticon suggestion system 200 .
  • the display module 202 may display an input field, such as a text field or a text box, into which a user can input one or more segments, character emoticons, or graphical emoticons using the input module 204 .
  • an input field such as a text field or a text box
  • segments and emoticons are entered into the input field they appear in the input field.
  • a “segment” may comprise one or more characters that represent a word, a phrase, a sentence fragment, a sentence, or a passage.
  • the display module 202 may display an input cursor, which indicates where a user's character inputs will be next entered or where an emoticon may be next entered.
  • various embodiments may suggest emoticons based on the current position of the input cursor within the input field, the present segment content of the input, user-related information, recipient-related information, user preferences, or some combination thereof.
  • the candidate emoticons may be suggested to the user via the display module 202 .
  • the display module 202 may, for the user's selection, display the candidate emoticons at or near the current position of the input cursor in the input field.
  • the display module 202 may display the candidate emoticons at or near the input field via a callout box.
  • the display module 202 may form part of a digital device (e.g., video display, or video projector) that may be responsible for displaying all graphical output from the digital device.
  • the display module 202 may display the input field as part of a graphical user interface (GUI).
  • GUI graphical user interface
  • the input field may be a graphical component of an application operating on a digital device (e.g., e-mail client, or an instant messaging application), or may be a graphical representation of a document viewable or editable through an application operating on the digital device (e.g., a text field of a web page shown through a web browser, or a document shown through a word processor).
  • GUI graphical user interface
  • the input field may vary in type and size from embodiment to embodiment.
  • the input module 204 may receive character input from a user and enter such character input into the input field as received. As character input is entered into the input field, the display module 202 may update the input field with the character input. Additionally, the input module 204 may further receive entry selections for emoticons suggested, in accordance with various embodiments. Generally, upon selection, the selected emoticons may be inserted at the current position of the input cursor in the input field.
  • the input module may comprise a physical input device that is externally coupled to a digital device or that is physical embedded into the digital device. Examples of physical input devices can include, without limitation, keyboards, trackpads or computer mice.
  • the input module may comprise a virtual input device, such as a laser-projected keyboard or an on-screen keyboard, which may be provided (i.e., displayed) to the user through the display module 202 .
  • a virtual input device such as a laser-projected keyboard or an on-screen keyboard, which may be provided (i.e., displayed) to the user through the display module 202 .
  • virtual input devices may be displayed at or near the input field to which segments will be inputted.
  • suggested emoticons may be presented to the user through the input module 204 .
  • the physical keyboard may be configured to display suggested emoticons through the physical keyboard.
  • the physical keyboard may display suggested emoticons by way of keys or buttons that comprise embedded displays (e.g., LCD buttons), or by way of a display embedded on a surface of the physical keyboard (e.g., at the top of the keyboard).
  • the suggested emoticons may be displayed through the physical keyboard in color or in grayscale. As the suggested emoticons are displayed through the physical keyboard, the user may select one or more of those suggested emoticons through keys or buttons of the physical keyboard.
  • the appearance of the on-screen keyboard may be reconfigured to display the suggested emoticons through the on-screen keyboard.
  • the appearance of the on-screen keyboard may be reconfigured so that certain buttons of the on-screen keyboard are replaced with suggested emoticons buttons, or so that the on-screen keyboard is augmented with additional suggested emoticon buttons.
  • the suggested emoticon buttons may be used by a user to select from the one or more suggested emoticons.
  • the segment analysis module 206 may analyze one or more segments present in the input field and determine a context for the segments analyzed. As described herein, the context determined by the segment analysis module 206 may be subsequently utilized when identifying candidate emoticons to be suggested to the user. In various embodiments, the segment analysis module 206 may analyze only segments of interest from the input field when determining the context of segments in the input field.
  • the segment analysis module 206 first identifies segments of interest in the input field, and then analyzes those segments of interest to determine a context. Generally, the segments of interest are identified in relation to a current position of an input cursor in the input field. Additionally for some embodiments, the segment analysis module 206 may perform syntactical analysis of the segments currently present in the input field when identifying segments of interest.
  • the segment analysis module 206 may identify the segments of interest based on conditional or non-conditional rules that guide the segment of interest identification process.
  • An exemplary rule for identifying segments of interest may include identifying the sentence fragment or sentence immediately preceding the current position of the input cursor in the input field as a segment of interest.
  • Another exemplary rule for identifying segments of interest may include identifying the sentence fragment or sentence immediately following the current position of the input cursor in the input field as a segment of interest.
  • the rules may be utilized in conjunction with the syntactical analysis performed by the segment analysis module 206 to determine the segments of interest.
  • the segment analysis module 206 may analyze the context of each of the segments of interest, or may analyze the context of all but the least important segments of interest (e.g., based on a weight system, where certain segments of interest are of higher importance than others). In addition, one or more rules may determine which of the segments of interests should be analyzed when two or more segments of interest are identified.
  • the segment analysis module 206 may determine two or more contexts from the segments of interest. In such cases, the emoticon suggestion system 200 may search for candidate emoticons associated with all of the determined contexts, or may only search for candidate emoticons that match one or more of the most important contexts (e.g., determined based on rules).
  • the segment analysis module 206 may semantically analyze the segments of interest present in the input field. Those of skill in the art will appreciate that the semantic analysis of segments may be performed in accordance with one or more techniques known in the art.
  • the segment analysis module 206 may determine a subtext or a meaning for the segments of interest. Based on the subtext or meaning identified for the segments of interest, the emoticon suggestion system 200 may identify one or more candidate emoticons for suggestion.
  • the subtext of a segment of the interest may identify a mood or an emotion for that segment of interest.
  • Example subtexts for segments of interest may include, without limitation, happiness, sadness, indifference, anger, resentment, contrition, or excitement.
  • the meaning for segments of the interest may identify an explicit meaning for segments of interest. For example, where a segment of interest recites “I just got a new job!,” the segment analysis module 206 may identify the meaning for the segment of interest as “new job.”
  • the segment analysis module 206 may identify and analyze segments of interest in at or near real-time as the user adds characters or emoticons to or removes characters or emoticons from the input field using the input module 204 .
  • the emoticon search module 208 may search for one or more candidate emoticons based on an identified context (e.g., subtext or meaning) of a segment of interest.
  • the emoticon search module 208 may search the emoticon datastore 214 for emoticons associated with the one or more contexts identified by the emoticon suggestion system 200 .
  • the emoticon datastore 214 may comprise emoticon available for entry into the input field, and associations between an emoticon and one or more contexts.
  • the association between a given emoticon and a given contexts may comprise statistical usage of the given emoticon with that given context.
  • the strength of the association between the given emoticon and the given context may be based on such statistical usage.
  • the statistical usage may be based on the user's own usage of the given emoticon with the given content, or may be based on usage of the given emoticon with the given content by a community of users (e.g., usage of a given emoticon in a given context on a social networking website).
  • the more usage of a given emoticon with a given context the stronger the association between that given emoticon and that given context.
  • the strength of the association between an emoticon and a context may indicate the confidence in suggesting the emoticon for that context.
  • the strength of the association may also be used to prioritize and present the one or more candidate emoticons from the highest strength to the lowest strength.
  • the search for one or more candidate emoticons by the emoticon search engine module 208 may consider the strength of the association between the emoticon and the context. For example, the emoticon search engine module 208 may only identify an emoticon as a candidate emoticon if the strength of the association between the emoticon and the target context meets or exceeds a predetermined threshold. Additionally, the emoticon search engine module 208 may only identify an emoticon as a candidate emoticon when the strength of the association between the emoticon and the target context meets or exceeds a threshold relative to other, potential candidate emoticons.
  • the emoticon search module 208 may further narrow the search for candidate emoticons by utilizing user preferences, user-related information, recipient-related information, or some combination thereof.
  • user preferences may include, without limitation, a preference to suggest user-customized emoticons before other types of emoticons, and a preference to ignore certain categories of emoticons (e.g., suggest only emoticons that are age appropriate with respect to the user).
  • recipient-related information may include, without limitation, a user interest, a user ethnicity, a user religion, a user geographic location, a user age, a user relational status, and a user occupation.
  • Example of user-related information may include, without limitation, a recipient's relation to a user, a recipient interest, a recipient ethnicity, a recipient religion, a recipient geographic location, a recipient age, a recipient relational status, and a recipient occupation.
  • the emoticon search module 208 may further consider the input field's limitations in receiving character or graphical emoticons and search for candidate emoticons accordingly.
  • the emoticon suggestion module 210 may receive the one or more candidate emoticons located based on an identified context of a segment of interest, and present the one or more candidate emoticons to the user for selection. As noted herein, in some embodiments, the emoticon suggestion module 210 may use the display module 202 to display for entry selection the one or more candidate emoticons at or near the current position of the input cursor in the input field. As also noted herein, in various embodiments, the emoticon suggestion module 210 may use the input module 202 to display for entry selection the one or more candidate emoticons through a physical input device or a virtual input device.
  • the emoticon selection module 212 may receive from the user an entry selection for one or more candidate emoticons suggested to the user.
  • the emoticon selection module 212 may receive the entry selection for the one or more candidate emoticons through the input module 204 , and the emoticon selection module 212 may enter the one or more selected emoticons into the input field.
  • the emoticon selection module 212 may enter the one or more selected emoticons at the current position of the input cursor.
  • the emoticon selection module 212 may enter the one or more selected emoticons into the input field by replacing segments or segments of interest within the input field with the one or more selected emoticons.
  • some embodiments may enable the user to set the emoticon selection module 212 (e.g., using a user preference) such that the module 212 auto-selects suggested emoticons based on certain guidelines. For instance, the user may configure the emoticon selection module 212 such that the first suggested emoticon is selected when an emoticon suggestion is made.
  • the emoticon selection module 212 may update the statistical usage information based on the entry selection received from the user. In particular, the emoticon selection module 212 may receive the entry selection of one or more candidate emoticons for a given context, and update the statistical usage information stored between the selected candidate emoticons and their respective contexts of usage. Depending on the embodiment, the emoticon selection module 212 may update the statistical usage information on the emoticon datastore 214 .
  • the emoticon datastore 214 may comprise a library of emoticons available for suggestion by the emoticon suggestion system 200 , and associations between emoticons in the library and contexts (e.g., subtexts and meanings).
  • the emoticon search module 208 may access the emoticon datastore 214 when searching for one or more candidate emoticons that are associated with one or more particular contexts.
  • the emoticon datastore 214 may comprise two or more associations between a given emoticon and a given context (e.g., subtext or meaning).
  • the association between a given emoticon and a given context may comprise statistical usage of the given emoticon with the given context. Such statistical usage may reflect the strength of the association between the emoticon and the context.
  • Emoticons stored on the emoticon datastore 214 may include character emoticons, graphical emoticons, graphically animated emoticons, and emoticons accompanied by sound.
  • the emoticon datastore 214 may further comprise user preferences, user information or recipient information, which may be utilized the embodiments when identifying emoticons suitable for suggestion.
  • the emoticon datastore 214 may store a user preference that causes an embodiment to suggest user-defined or user-uploaded emoticons before suggesting emoticons generally available to any user.
  • the emoticon datastore 214 may store a user preference that causes an embodiment to automatically insert the first emoticon suggested to the user by the embodiment, or to automatically insert the suggested emoticon having the highest usage in a given context.
  • emoticon libraries and a variety of association between emoticons and contexts may be stored on the emoticon datastore 214 .
  • a “module” may comprise software, hardware, firmware, and/or circuitry.
  • one or more software programs comprising instructions capable of being executable by a processor may perform one or more of the functions of the modules described herein.
  • circuitry may perform the same or similar functions.
  • Alternative embodiments may comprise more, less, or functionally equivalent modules and still be within the scope of present embodiments.
  • the functions of the various modules may be combined or divided differently.
  • the functions of various modules may be distributed amongst one or more modules residing at an emoticon suggestion server and one or more modules reside at an emoticon suggestion client.
  • FIG. 3 is a flow chart of an exemplary method 300 for identifying and suggesting an emoticon in accordance with some embodiments.
  • the segment analysis module 206 may receive one or more segments from an input field, which may be displayed through the display module 202 . As noted herein, upon receiving the one or more segments, the segment analysis module 206 may identify segments of interest for context analysis purposes.
  • the segment analysis module 206 may analyze the one or more segments to determine one or more target subtexts or one or more target meanings of the segments.
  • the target subtexts and the target meanings of the segments provide for one or more contexts associated with the segments.
  • the segment analysis module 206 may analyze only those segments which have been identified as segments of interest by the segment analysis module 206 .
  • the emoticon search module 208 may identify one or more candidate emoticons having an association with the one or more target contexts or one or more target meanings, which may have been determined by the segment analysis module 206 .
  • the emoticon search module 208 may identify one or more candidate emoticons in the emoticon datastore 214 which have an association with the target subtexts or the target meanings.
  • the strength of each association may be based on statistical usage of a given emoticon with a given context, and such the strength may be taken into consideration as the emoticon search module 208 identifies one or more candidate emoticons.
  • the emoticon suggestion module 210 may present the one or more candidate emoticons to a user for entry selection at a current position of an input cursor in an input field. As described herein, the input field and the input cursor therein may be displayed to the user through the display module 202 .
  • the emoticon suggestion module 210 may present the one or more candidate emoticons to the user for entry selection using display module 202 , and may display the candidate emoticons at or near the current position of the input cursor in the input field.
  • the emoticon suggestion module 210 may present the one or more candidate emoticons to the user for entry selection through one or more input devices of the input module 204 .
  • the emoticon suggestion module 210 may present the one or more candidate emoticons to the user through a physical input device, such as a physical keyboard having a display, or through a virtual input device, such as an on-screen keyboard.
  • the emoticon selection module 212 may receive an entry selection from the user for one or more select emoticons from the one or more candidate emoticons. For some embodiments, the emoticon selection module 212 may receive the entry selection from the input module 204 . Additionally, upon receiving the entry selection, the emoticon selection module 212 may update the statistical usage information on the emoticon datastore 214 for the one or more candidate emoticons based on the entry selection, thereby strengthen or weakening the association between the candidate emoticons and particular contexts.
  • the emoticon selection module 212 may insert the one or more candidate emoticons into the text field at the current position of the input cursor received by the emoticon selection module 212 .
  • entry of the candidate emoticons into the input field may involve replacing one or more segments in the input field with the selected emoticons.
  • FIG. 4 is a block diagram of an exemplary emoticon suggesting system 400 using a client-server architecture in accordance with some embodiments.
  • the emoticon suggesting system 400 may comprise an emoticon suggestion client 402 and an emoticon suggestion server 420 .
  • the emoticon suggestion client 402 may be similar to the digital device described in FIG. 7 , or to the computing devices described in FIG. 1 (i.e., tablet computing device 104 , the smartphone computing device 108 , and the desktop computing device 112 ), and the emoticon suggestion server 420 may be similar to the digital device described in FIG. 7 , or to the emoticon suggestion server 116 described in FIG. 1 .
  • the emoticon suggestion client 402 and the emoticon suggestion server 420 may communicate with one another over a communication network 418 .
  • the emoticon suggestion client 402 may comprise a display module 404 , an input module 406 , a segment analysis module 408 , an emoticon search module 410 , a local emoticon datastore 412 , an emoticon suggestion module 414 , and an emoticon selection module 416 .
  • the emoticon suggestion server 420 may comprise an emoticon search engine 422 , and a remote emoticon datastore 424 .
  • the display module 404 may display an input field into which a user can input one or more segments, character emoticons, or graphical emoticons using the input module 406 . Typically, as segments and emoticons are entered into the input field they appear in the input field. With the input field, the display module 404 may display an input cursor in the input field, where the input cursor indicates where a user's character inputs will be next entered or where an emoticon may be next entered.
  • Various embodiments may suggest emoticons based a number of factors including, for example, the current position of the input cursor within the input field, the present segment content of the input, user-related information, recipient-related information, user preferences, or some combination thereof.
  • the candidate emoticons once identified, may be suggested to the user via the display module 404 .
  • the display module 404 may, for the user's selection, display the candidate emoticons at or near the current position of the input cursor in the input field.
  • the display module 404 may display the candidate emoticons at or near the input field via a callout box.
  • a digital device may display all graphical output from the digital device.
  • the display module 404 may display the input field as part of a graphical user interface (GUI).
  • GUI graphical user interface
  • the input field may be a graphical component of an application operating on a digital device, or may be a graphical representation of a document viewable or editable through an application operating on the digital device. It will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that the input field may vary in type and size from embodiment to embodiment.
  • the input module 406 may receive character input from a user and enter such character input into the input field as received. As character input is entered into the input field, the display module 404 may update the input field with the character input. Additionally, the input module 406 may further receive entry selections for emoticons suggested in accordance with various embodiments. Generally, upon selection, the selected emoticons may be inserted at the current position of the input cursor in the input field.
  • the input module may comprise a physical input device that is externally coupled to a digital device or that is physical embedded into the digital device, or a virtual input device, such as an on-screen keyboard, which may be provided to the user through the display module 404 . In various embodiments, as virtual input devices are employed, such virtual input devices may be displayed at or near the input field to which segments will be inputted.
  • suggested emoticons may be presented to the user through the input module 406 .
  • the physical keyboard may be configured to display suggested emoticons through the physical keyboard.
  • the physical keyboard may display suggested emoticons by way of keys or buttons that comprise embedded displays (e.g., LCD buttons), or by way of a display embedded on a surface of the physical keyboard (e.g., at the top of the keyboard).
  • the suggested emoticons may be displayed through the physical keyboard in color or in grayscale. As the suggested emoticons are displayed through the physical keyboard, the user may select one or more of those suggested emoticons through keys or buttons of the physical keyboard.
  • the appearance of the on-screen keyboard may be reconfigured to display the suggested emoticons through the on-screen keyboard.
  • the appearance of the on-screen keyboard may be reconfigured so that certain buttons of the on-screen keyboard are replaced with suggested emoticons buttons, or so that the on-screen keyboard is augmented with additional suggested emoticon buttons.
  • the suggested emoticon buttons may be used by a user to select from the one or more suggested emoticons.
  • the segment analysis module 408 may analyze one or more segments present in the input field and determine a context for the segments analyzed. As described herein, the context determined by the segment analysis module 408 may be subsequently utilized when identifying candidate emoticons to be suggested to the user. In various embodiments, the segment analysis module 408 may first identify segments of interest in the input field and then only analyze those segments of interest when determining the context of segments in the input field.
  • the segment analysis module 408 may perform syntactical analysis of the segments currently present in the input field when identifying segments of interest. Additionally, the segment analysis module 408 may identify the segments of interest based on conditional or non-conditional rules that guide the segment of interest identification process.
  • the segment analysis module 408 may semantically analyze the segments of interest present in the input field. When analyzing the context of one or more segments of interest, the segment analysis module 408 may determine a subtext or a meaning of the segments of interest. The subtext of a segment of the interest may identify a mood or an emotion for that segment of interest. Based on the subtext or meaning identified for the segments of interest, the emoticon suggestion system 400 may identify one or more candidate emoticons for suggestion.
  • the segment analysis module 408 may identify and analyze segments of interest in at or near real-time as the user adds characters or emoticons to or removes characters or emoticons from the input field using the input module 408 .
  • the emoticon search module 410 may search for one or more candidate emoticons based on an identified context (e.g., subtext or meaning) of a segment of interest. In some embodiments, the emoticon search module 410 may access the local emoticon datastore 412 when searching for one or more candidate emoticons that are associated with one or more particular contexts.
  • an identified context e.g., subtext or meaning
  • the emoticon search module 410 may access the local emoticon datastore 412 when searching for one or more candidate emoticons that are associated with one or more particular contexts.
  • the local emoticon datastore 412 may store user-customized emoticons, a user's favorite or preferred emoticons, associations between emoticons stored on the local emoticon and contexts (e.g., subtext or meaning), user preferences with respect to identifying and suggestion emoticons, user-related information, or recipient-related information. Additionally, local emoticon datastore 412 may be utilized to locally cache previously suggested emoticons or suggested emoticons previously selected by the user.
  • the emoticon search module 410 may utilize the emoticon suggestion server 420 to search for and provide candidate emoticons to the emoticon suggestion client 402 .
  • the emoticon suggestion server 420 may search for candidate emoticons on the remote emoticon datastore 424 and provide resulting candidate emoticons to the emoticon search module 410 on the emoticon suggestion client 402 .
  • the emoticon suggestion server 420 may use the emoticon search engine 422 to search for candidate emoticons on the remote emoticon datastore 424 , to retrieve candidate emoticons from the remote emoticon datastore 424 , and to provide the candidate emoticons to the emoticon search module 410 .
  • the remote emoticon datastore 424 may comprise a library of emoticons available for suggestion to the emoticon suggestion client 402 .
  • the remote emoticon datastore 424 may further comprise associations between emoticons in the library and contexts.
  • the associations comprise statistical usage of the given emoticon of the emoticons in the library with the context. Generally, such statistical usage may reflect the strength of the association between the emoticon and the context.
  • emoticons stored on the remote emoticon datastore 424 may include character emoticons, graphical emoticons, graphically animated emoticons, and emoticons accompanied by sound.
  • the remote emoticon datastore 424 may further comprise user preferences, user information or recipient information, which may be utilized the embodiments when identifying emoticons suitable for suggestion.
  • user preferences e.g., user information or recipient information
  • emoticons e.g., user preferences, user information or recipient information
  • Those skilled in the art would appreciate that a variety of emoticon libraries and a variety of association between emoticons and contexts can be stored on the remote emoticon datastore 424 .
  • the emoticon suggestion module 414 may receive the one or more candidate emoticons located based on an identified context of a segment of interest, and present the one or more candidate emoticons to the user for selection. As noted herein, in some embodiments, the emoticon suggestion module 414 may use the display module 414 to display for entry selection the one or more candidate emoticons at or near the current position of the input cursor in the input field. As also noted herein, in various embodiments, the emoticon suggestion module 414 may use the input module 406 to display for entry selection the one or more candidate emoticons through a physical input device or a virtual input device.
  • the emoticon selection module 416 may receive from the user an entry selection for one or more candidate emoticons suggested to the user.
  • the emoticon selection module 416 may receive the entry selection for the one or more candidate emoticons through the input module 404 , and the emoticon selection module 416 may enter the one or more selected emoticons into the input field.
  • the emoticon selection module 416 may enter the one or more selected emoticons at the current position of the input cursor. Additionally, the emoticon selection module 416 may enter the one or more selected emoticons into the input field by replacing segments or segments of interest within the input field with the one or more selected emoticons.
  • Some embodiments may enable the user to set the emoticon selection module 416 (e.g., using a user preference) such that the module 416 auto-selects suggested emoticons based on certain guidelines. For instance, the user may configure the emoticon selection module 416 such that the first suggested emoticon is selected when an emoticon suggestion is made.
  • the emoticon selection module 416 may update the statistical usage information based on the entry selection received from the user.
  • the emoticon selection module 416 may receive the entry selection of one or more candidate emoticons for a given context, and update the statistical usage information stored between the selected candidate emoticons and their respective contexts of usage.
  • the emoticon selection module 416 may update the statistical usage information on the local emoticon datastore 412 or on the remote emoticon datastore 424 . For example, if the one or more candidate emoticons selected through the emoticon selection module 416 were provided from the emoticon suggestion server 420 , the statistical usage information for those candidate emoticons will be updated on the remote emoticon datastore 424 . In another example, if the one or more candidate emoticons selected through the emoticon selection module 416 were provided from the local emoticon datastore 412 , the statistical usage information for those candidate emoticons will be updated on the locate emoticon datastore 412 .
  • FIG. 5 depicts a user-interface 500 of a messaging application, where the messaging application utilizes an embodiment.
  • a user may utilize the user interface 500 to receive and review messages received from other users over online chat, and to compose and transmit messages to other users over online chat.
  • the messaging application may a client on an instant messaging system, where the messaging application is operating on a digital device local to the user, such a smartphone computing device or a laptop.
  • the instant messaging system may operate on another digital device such as a server, where the messaging application interfaces with the instant messaging system.
  • the messaging application may operate on a digital device as a standalone application, or as an applet, plug-in, or script operating through a web browser.
  • the user interface 500 of the messaging application may comprise a conversation pane 502 , a message input field 504 , and a send button 514 .
  • the conversation pane 502 may comprise messages submitted to the online chat.
  • the conversation pane 502 may include messages submitted to the online chat from others, and messages submitted by the user through the user interface 500 .
  • the user may submit messages to the online chat using the message input field 504 .
  • the user may enter a message into the message input field 504 and press the send button 514 when the user desires to submit the message to the online chat.
  • the message input field 504 may comprise and may be configured to receive a message prepared by the user for submission to the online chat.
  • the message input field 504 may receive one or more segments from the user, or may receive one or more emoticons entered in accordance with some embodiments.
  • the message input field 504 may further comprise an input cursor 516 .
  • various embodiments may suggest emoticons for entry at the current position of the input cursor 516 .
  • the embodiment may suggest a “smiley face” graphical emoticon 510 for entry into the input field 504 based on the embodiment's analysis of the segment of interest 512 , which recites “so much fun.”
  • the embodiment may suggest the “smiley face” graphical emoticon 510 based on an association between the “smiley face” graphical emoticon 510 and the context of the segment of interest 512 .
  • the embodiment may enter the “smiley face” graphical emoticon 510 into the message input field 504 .
  • the embodiment may suggest a plurality of graphical emoticons 506 based on the context analysis of the segment of interest 514 .
  • the embodiment may present the suggested, graphical emoticons 506 by displaying the graphical emoticons 506 in a callout box 508 positioned at or near the current position of the input cursor 516 .
  • the embodiment may suggest the graphical emoticons 506 , which relate to cities.
  • FIG. 6 depicts a user-interface 600 of a messaging application, where the messaging application utilizes an embodiment.
  • a user may utilize the user interface 600 to receive and review messages received from other users over online chat, and to compose and transmit messages to other users over online chat
  • the messaging application may a client on an instant messaging system, where the messaging application is operating on a digital device local to the user, such a smartphone computing device or a laptop.
  • the instant messaging system may operate on another digital device such as a server, where the messaging application interfaces with the instant messaging system.
  • the messaging application may operate on a digital device as a standalone application, or as an applet, plug-in, or script operating through a web browser.
  • the user interface 600 of the messaging application may comprise a conversation pane 602 , a message input field 604 , an on-screen keyboard 606 , and a send button 616 .
  • the conversation pane 602 may comprise messages submitted to the online chat, including messages submitted by the user through the user interface 600 .
  • the user may submit messages to the online chat using the message input field 604 .
  • the user may enter a message into the message input field 604 using the on-screen keyboard 606 , and may press the send button 616 when the user desires to submit the message to the online chat.
  • the message input field 604 may comprise and may be configured to receive a message prepared by the user for submission to the online chat.
  • the message input field 604 may receive one or more segments from the user through the on-screen keyboard 606 , or may receive one or more emoticons as selected through the on-screen keyboard 606 .
  • the message input field 604 may further comprise an input cursor 610 .
  • the on-screen keyboard 606 may comprise a QWERTY keyboard, a button 624 to hide the on-screen keyboard 606 from view (e.g., when not in use), and an emoticon menu 622 .
  • the emoticon menu 622 may comprise emoticons from a default emoticon library, or a selection of emoticons suggested by the embodiment.
  • a left select button 618 and a right select button 620 may allow the user to scroll and browse through the emoticons available for entry selection through the emoticon menu 622 .
  • various embodiments may suggest emoticons for entry at the current position of the input cursor 610 .
  • the embodiment may suggest a “football” graphical emoticon 614 for entry into the input field 604 based on the embodiment's analysis of the segment of interest 612 , which recites “football.”
  • the embodiment may suggest the “football” graphical emoticon 614 based on an association between the “football” graphical emoticon 614 and the context of the segment of interest 612 .
  • the embodiment may enter the “football” graphical emoticon 614 into the message input field 604 .
  • the embodiment may suggest a plurality of “field goal” graphical emoticons based on the context analysis of the segment of interest 608 .
  • the embodiment may present the “field goal” graphical emoticons for entry selection by displaying the graphical emoticons in the emoticon menu 622 , which may be displayed as part of the on-screen keyboard 606 .
  • FIG. 7 is a block diagram of an exemplary digital device 700 .
  • the digital device 700 comprises a processor 702 , a memory system 704 , a storage system 706 , a communication network interface 708 , an I/O interface 710 , and a display interface 712 communicatively coupled to a bus 714 .
  • the processor 702 is configured to execute executable instructions (e.g., programs).
  • the processor 702 comprises circuitry or any processor capable of processing the executable instructions.
  • the memory system 704 is any memory configured to store data. Some examples of the memory system 704 are storage devices, such as RAM or ROM. The memory system 704 can comprise the ram cache. In various embodiments, data is stored within the memory system 704 . The data within the memory system 704 may be cleared or ultimately transferred to the storage system 706 .
  • the storage system 706 is any non-transitory storage configured to retrieve and store data. Some examples of the storage system 706 are flash drives, hard drives, optical drives, and/or magnetic tape.
  • the digital device 700 includes a memory system 704 in the form of RAM and a storage system 706 in the form of flash data. Both the memory system 704 and the storage system 706 comprise computer readable media which may store instructions or programs that are executable by a computer processor including the processor 702 .
  • the communication network interface (com. network interface) 708 can be coupled to a network (e.g., communication network 110 ) via the link 716 .
  • the communication network interface 708 may support communication over an Ethernet connection, a serial connection, a parallel connection, or an ATA connection, for example.
  • the communication network interface 708 may also support wireless communication (e.g., 802.11 alb/gin, WiMax). It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the communication network interface 708 can support many wired and wireless standards.
  • the optional input/output (I/O) interface 710 is any device that receives input from the user and output data.
  • the optional display interface 712 is any device that is configured to output graphics and data to a display. In one example, the display interface 712 is a graphics adapter. It will be appreciated that not all digital devices 700 comprise either the I/O interface 710 or the display interface 712 .
  • a digital device 700 may comprise more or less hardware elements than those depicted. Further, hardware elements may share functionality and still be within various embodiments described herein.
  • encoding and/or decoding may be performed by the processor 702 and/or a co-processor located on a GPU (Le., Nvidia).
  • the above-described functions and components can be comprised of instructions that are stored on a storage medium such as a computer readable medium.
  • the instructions can be retrieved and executed by a processor.
  • Some examples of instructions are software, program code, and firmware.
  • Some examples of storage medium are memory devices, tape, disks, integrated circuits, and servers.
  • the instructions are operational when executed by the processor to direct the processor to operate in accordance with some embodiments. Those skilled in the art are familiar with instructions, processor(s), and storage medium.

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