Avatars are used to graphically represent users in a communications session, and the
avatars are capable of being animated. An indication of an animation of one of the avatars is …

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US7949759B2 - Degrees of separation for handling communications - Google Patents
US7949759B2 - Degrees of separation for handling communications - Google Patents Degrees …

Providing location information on a mobile device includes receiving signals from external
devices. Each signal includes information that speci? es a geographic location for the exter …

5,553.10 A T. 1996 NSE list. The list includes one or more categories into which the 5.548,
637 A 8, 1996 Heller et al. identifiers are categorized. At least one attribute associated …

Organizing a participant list includes maintaining a partici pant list of users of an electronic
communications system to be used by a first user of the electronic communications system …

US PATENT DOCUMENTS between users of a communications system by receiving, at an
instant messaging host, a video file from a sender and intended for a recipient; …

BACKGROUND Online service providers are constantly offering new ser vices and
upgrading existing services to enhance the online experience of their subscriber …

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Appelman et al. 5,721,906 A 2, 1998 Siefert 6,549,937 B1 4/2003 Auerbach et al. 5,742,905 …

Information may be presented to a user by using a? rst appli cation to receive a character
stream of one or more non completion characters. The noncompletion characters indi cate …