An apparatus, such as a communication device, is provided with emoticon input logic
associated with an input key to improve the ease-of-use of the apparatus for entering …

An apparatus, such as a communication device, is provided With emoticon input logic
associated With an input key to improve the ease-of-use of the apparatus for entering emoti …

BACKGROUND 0003. There is a desire to communicate emotions, such as playfulness, fear,
aggression, happiness, etc., through text communication. Quick messaging applications that …

There is provided a method of easily inputting icons repre senting user emotions
(emoticons). 1n the emoticon input method in a mobile terminal, a plurality of emoticons …

Briefly, in accordance with the present invention, dis closed is a keyboard for generating
emoticons and abbre viations. In an embodiment of the present invention, the System …

A method and system for generating a displayable icon or emoticon form that indicates the
mood or emotion of a user of the mobile station. A user of a device, such as a mobile phone …

BACKGROUND An emoticon is a sequence of printable characters, or a Small image,
intended to represent a human facial expression and convey an emotion. Emoticons were …

Various embodiments provide a method that 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 …

A display method of a scenario emoticon using an instant message service is provided. The
display method includes displaying a scenario emoticon selection region showing at least …

5,617,539 A 4/1997 Ludwig et al. by a user who sent the chat message. In one example, the
5,854,893 A 12/1998 Ludwig et al. chat message and the balloon style are received from …