Emoji and canned responses

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017075878-A1
Application number	US-201615188081-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 21, 2016
Priority date	Sep 15, 2015
Publication date	Mar 16, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

At an electronic device, detect a first input on the touch-sensitive surface that represents selection of a first ideogram. Identify at least one attribute of the first ideogram. Select a plurality of suggested one or more characters to display, where at least a first set of suggested one or more characters is selected based on a set of selection criteria, the set of selection criteria including the identified at least one attribute of the first ideogram. Display at least the first set of suggested one or more characters. Detect a second input on the touch-sensitive surface that represents selection of the displayed first set of suggested one or more characters. In response to detecting the second input, displaying a composed electronic message, the composed electronic message including the first ideogram and the selected first set of suggested one or more characters.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface, the one or more programs including instructions for:
detecting a first input on the touch-sensitive surface that represents selection of a first ideogram; identifying at least one attribute of the first ideogram; selecting a plurality of suggested one or more characters to display, wherein at least a first set of suggested one or more characters is selected based on a set of selection criteria, the set of selection criteria including the identified at least one attribute of the first ideogram; displaying at least the first set of suggested one or more characters; detecting a second input on the touch-sensitive surface that represents selection of the displayed first set of suggested one or more characters; and in response to detection of the second input, displaying the composed electronic message, the composed electronic message including the first ideogram and the selected first set of suggested one or more characters.

2 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , further comprising instructions for:
prior to detecting the first input, receiving an electronic message; and identifying at least one attribute of an ideogram that is embedded in the received electronic message; wherein the set of selection criteria further includes the at least one attribute of the ideogram that is embedded in the received electronic message.

3 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , further comprising instructions for:
prior to detecting the first input, receiving an electronic message; and identifying at least one constituent of a textual string that is embedded in the received electronic message; wherein the set of selection criteria further includes the at least one constituent of the textual string that is embedded in the received electronic message.

4 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , further comprising instructions for:
receiving an electronic message; identifying an attribute of an ideogram that is embedded in the received electronic message; and displaying the first ideogram as a suggested ideogram based on at least the attribute of the ideogram that is embedded in the received electronic message.

5 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , further comprising instructions for:
receiving an electronic message; identifying at least one constituent of a textual string that is embedded in the received electronic message; and displaying the first ideogram as a suggested ideogram based on at least the at least one constituent of the textual string that is embedded in the received electronic message.

6 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , further comprising instructions for:
prior to detecting the first input:
identifying the first ideogram based on at least one determined characteristic of a custom ideogram detected as an input on the touch-sensitive surface; and
displaying the first ideogram as a suggested ideogram.

7 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein displaying the composed electronic message includes displaying the selected first set of suggested one or more characters with a visual appearance based on the at least one attribute of the first ideogram.

8 . An electronic device, comprising:
a touch-sensitive surface; one or more processors; a memory; and one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and are configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
detecting a first input on the touch-sensitive surface that represents selection of a first ideogram;
identifying at least one attribute of the first ideogram;
selecting a plurality of suggested one or more characters to display, wherein at least a first set of suggested one or more characters is selected based on a set of selection criteria, the set of selection criteria including the identified at least one attribute of the first ideogram;
displaying at least the first set of suggested one or more characters;
detecting a second input on the touch-sensitive surface that represents selection of the displayed first set of suggested one or more characters; and
in response to detecting the second input, displaying a composed electronic message, the composed electronic message including the first ideogram and the selected first set of suggested one or more characters.

9 . A method, comprising:
at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface:
detecting a first input on the touch-sensitive surface that represents selection of a first ideogram;
identifying at least one attribute of the first ideogram;
selecting a plurality of suggested one or more characters to display, wherein at least a first set of suggested one or more characters is selected based on a set of selection criteria, the set of selection criteria including the identified at least one attribute of the first ideogram;
displaying at least the first set of suggested one or more characters;
detecting a second input on the touch-sensitive surface that represents selection of the displayed first set of suggested one or more characters; and
in response to detecting the second input, displaying a composed electronic message, the composed electronic message including the first ideogram and the selected first set of suggested one or more characters.

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Jon Tiffany S
• Chaudhri Imran
• Karunamuni Chanaka G
• Kocienda Kenneth
• Yerkes Giancarlo
• Lee Woo-Ram

Classifications

• G06F40/279

  Recognition of textual entities · CPC title

• G06F40/274 Primary

  Converting codes to words; Guess-ahead of partial word inputs · CPC title

• G06F16/48

  Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually · CPC title

• G06F3/04886 Primary

  by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus · CPC title

• G06F17/276 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic