Interactive electronic bubble messaging

1. A computerized method of bubble messaging comprising:

determining, at a computing device, including a processing unit, configured to send and receive personalized graphical messages, whether a user of a message editor of the computing device is associated with a subscription to premium message edit settings;

retrieving, at the computing device, one or more particular premium message edit settings when the user is associated with a subscription to the premium message edit settings;

receiving a selection of a message edit action at the computing device, wherein the message edit action is one of a plurality of message edit actions and a first number of the plurality of message edit actions change data associated with personalized graphical messages and a second number of the plurality of message edit actions terminate personalized graphical message editing;

determining, at the computing device, whether the message edit action is associated with one or more lockable personalized graphical message features;

determining, at the computing device, that a lockable personalized graphical message feature of the message edit action is a locked personalized graphical message feature;

providing, by the computing device, an indication that the lockable personalized graphical message feature is locked;

providing an option, by the computing device, to purchase personalized graphical message features unlock keys to unlock the lockable personalized graphical message feature;

receiving input, at the computing device, related to unlocking the lockable personalized graphical message feature;

creating a personalized graphical message at the computing device using the message edit action after the lockable personalized graphical message feature is unlocked, the personalized graphical message comprising:

message text; and

a graphical message shape specification, the graphical message shape specification specifying a shape of the created personalized graphical message when displayed to which a graphical message open animation provides a transition in response to recipient interaction with a display notification of the created personalized graphical message; and

seamlessly sending the personalized graphical message to at least one recipient from the computing device.

2. The computerized method of claim 1 , wherein:

the personalized graphical message further comprises:

a graphical message iconic shape specification; and

a graphical message open animation specification;

displaying a notification of a received personalized graphical message at the computing device comprises displaying a graphical message iconic shape specified by a graphical message iconic shape specification of the received personalized graphical message; and

displaying a graphical message open animation at the computing device comprises displaying the graphical message open animation specified by a graphical message open animation specification of the received personalized graphical message.

3. The computerized method of claim 2 , wherein:

the received personalized graphical message further comprises a sender icon; and

displaying the received personalized graphical message comprises displaying the sender icon of the personalized graphical message.

4. The computerized method of claim 2 , wherein the graphical message shape specification comprises:

a shape identifier;

shape dimensions; and

a shape color scheme.

5. The computerized method of claim 1 , wherein creating the personalized graphical message comprises performing at least one graphical message edit action as a result of at least one user interaction with a bubble message edit graphical user interface component.

6. The computerized method of claim 1 , wherein seamlessly sending the personalized graphical message to at least one recipient comprises sending the personalized graphical message to at least one recipient as a result of at least one user interaction with a bubble message edit graphical user interface component.

7. The computerized method of claim 1 , wherein seamlessly sending the personalized graphical message to at least one recipient comprises:

storing the personalized graphical message in a message store; and

sending said at least one recipient a notification of the personalized graphical message.

8. The computerized method of claim 2 , wherein:

a shape specified by the graphical message shape specification comprises a bubble shape; and

the graphical message open animation comprises visually inflating the bubble shape.

9. The computerized method of claim 2 , wherein:

a shape specified by the graphical message shape specification comprises a bubble shape;

displaying the notification of the received personalized graphical message comprises displaying an iconic form of the bubble shape; and

the graphical message open animation comprises visually inflating from the iconic form of the bubble shape to the bubble shape.

10. The computerized method of claim 2 ,

wherein:

displaying the notification of the received personalized graphical message comprises displaying a wrapped gift; and

the graphical message open animation comprises visually unwrapping the wrapped gift.

11. The computerized method of claim 1 , wherein:

a graphical user interface icon is associated with said at least one recipient; and

creating the personalized graphical message occurs as a result of at least one user interaction with the graphical user interface icon associated with said at least one recipient.

12. The computerized method of claim 2 , wherein:

a graphical user interface icon is associated with said at least one recipient; and

displaying the notification of the received personalized graphical message comprises displaying the notification of the received personalized graphical message in proximity to the graphical user interface icon associated with said at least one recipient.

13. The computerized method of claim 1 , wherein creating the personalized graphical message comprises retrieving at least one default setting.

14. The computerized method of claim 13 , wherein retrieving said at least one default setting comprises retrieving at least one remote default setting.

15. The computerized method of claim 1 , further comprising:

selecting, at the computing device, a number of message edit settings in a constrained random manner from a set of message edit settings; and

providing the number of message edit settings to the user of the message editor at the computing device.

16. The computerized method of claim 15 , wherein selecting a number of message edit settings in a constrained random manner includes utilizing an aesthetically determined constraint.

17. The computerized method of claim 1 , wherein the personalized graphical message is unmodifiable after creation.

18. The computerized method of claim 2 , wherein displaying the received personalized graphical message comprises verifying that the received personalized graphical message complies with at least one bubble message feature policy.

19. The computerized method of claim 18 , wherein said at least one bubble message feature policy comprises a bubble message feature policy inhibiting modification of the received personalized graphical message.

20. A computerized system, comprising a processing unit and a bubble message editor, the bubble message editor configured to perform acts comprising:

receiving a selection of a message edit action, wherein the message edit action is one of a plurality of message edit actions and a first number of the plurality of message edit actions change data associated with bubble messages and a second number of the plurality of message edit actions terminate bubble message editing;

determining whether the message edit action is associated with one or more lockable bubble message features;

determining that a lockable bubble message feature of the message edit action is a locked bubble message feature;

providing an indication that the lockable bubble message feature is locked;

providing an option to purchase bubble message feature unlock keys to unlock the lockable bubble message feature;

receiving input related to unlocking the lockable bubble message feature;

creating a personalized graphical message with the message edit action after the lockable bubble message feature is unlocked, the created personalized graphical message comprising:

message text; and

a graphical message shape specification, the graphical message shape specification specifying a shape of the created personalized graphical message when displayed to which a graphical message open animation provides a transition in response to recipient interaction with a displayed notification of the created personalized graphical message; and

seamlessly sending the created personalized graphical message to at least one recipient.

21. The computerized system of claim 20 , wherein:

the created personalized graphical message further comprises a sender icon identifier; and

displaying the created personalized graphical message comprises displaying a sender icon identified by the sender icon identifier of the created personalized graphical message.

22. The computerized system of claim 20 , wherein the graphical message shape specification of the created personalized graphical message comprises:

a shape identifier;

shape dimensions; and

a shape color scheme.

23. The computerized system of claim 20 , wherein the created personalized graphical message is unmodifiable after creation.

24. The computerized system of claim 20 , wherein displaying the created personalized graphical message comprises verifying that the created personalized graphical message complies with at least one bubble message feature policy.

25. The computerized system of claim 24 , wherein said at least one bubble message feature policy comprises a bubble message feature policy inhibiting modification of the created personalized graphical message.