IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,084,738
Granted Patent B2
US 10,084,738 · App. 14/991,102 · Granted Sep 25, 2018

Emoji commanded action

Inventors: Poornima Venkatakrishnan (San Jose, CA); Megan Marie O'neill (Santa Cruz, CA)
Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
H04L51/18G06Q20/10G06Q20/108G06Q20/3224H04L51/16H04L51/32H04L63/08H04L63/102H04L63/105
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,084,738
App. No.
14/991,102
Filed
Jan 8, 2016
Granted
Sep 25, 2018
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2443
USPC
709/206
Abstract

A system and method for receiving and executing emoji based commands in messaging applications. The system and method may include processes such as identifying emojis in a message, determining one or more action based on the emoji, and completing the determined actions.

Claims (39)

1. A computer implemented method comprising:

obtaining, by one or more hardware processors via a first messaging application installed on a user device, a first message;

accessing, by the one or more hardware processors, a first message formatting scheme associated with the first messaging application from a plurality of message formatting schemes associated with a plurality of messaging applications installed on the user device;

identifying, by the one or more hardware processors, a first user identifier (ID) and a second user ID from the first message based on the first message formatting scheme associated with the first messaging application;

analyzing, by the one or more hardware processors, the first message to extract an emoji image based on the first message formatting scheme;

determining, by the one or more hardware processors, an action associated with the extracted emoji image; and

processing, by the one or more hardware processors, the action between a first account associated with the first user ID and a second account associated with the second user ID based on the extracted emoji image.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first user ID comprises at least one of a username or a phone number.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the processing is performed after an expiration of a warning message sent to the user device.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 3 , wherein the expiration is defined by a predetermined time after receiving a notification that the warning message is read.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the determining comprises determining whether the first user ID, the second user ID, and the emoji image are formatted correctly in the first message.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the action is a monetary transfer transaction.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising retrieving, by the one or more hardware processors, a second message from the first messaging application, wherein the action is processed further based on the second message.

8. A system, comprising:

a non-transitory memory; and

one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform operations comprising:

obtaining, via a first messaging application installed on a user device, a first message;

accessing a first message formatting scheme associated with the first messaging application from a plurality of message formatting schemes associated with a plurality of messaging applications;

identifying a first user identifier and a second user identifier from the first message based on the first message formatting scheme associated with the first messaging application;

analyzing the first message to extract an emoji image based on the first message formatting scheme; and

performing a transfer transaction involving a user account associated with the first user identifier and a second user account associated with the second user identifier based on the extracted emoji image.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the transfer transaction is conducted with a device selected based on the first message.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the first message is in response to a second message received via the first messaging application, the second message requesting the transfer transaction.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the transfer transaction is performed further based on the second message.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise sending a reminder to the user device after a predetermined time of receiving the second message.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise sending a reward to a user associated with the user device in response to completing the transfer transaction.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprises publicizing the transfer transaction through a social media website.

15. A non-transitory machine readable medium having stored thereon machine readable instructions executable to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:

intercepting a first message in transmitted via a first messaging application installed on a user device;

accessing a first message formatting scheme associated with the first messaging application from a plurality of message formatting schemes associated with a plurality of messaging applications;

identifying, from the first message, a first user identifier and a second user identifier based on the first message formatting scheme;

analyzing the first message to extract an emoji image based on the first message formatting scheme;

determining a transfer transaction based on the extracted image; and

in response to the determining, performing the transfer transaction involving a first user account associated with the first user identifier and a second user account associated with the second user identifier the.

16. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise updating a credit score associated with the first user identifier based on a difference between a first time that the first message is transmitted and a second time that a second message is received by the first messaging application.

17. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the operations further comprise publishing the credit score.

18. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the transfer transaction is conducted by a payment device selected based on the first message.

19. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise sending an electronic award to a user associated with the first user identifier in response to completing the transfer transaction.

20. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the transfer transaction is a property transfer transaction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 14, 2016
From: VENKATAKRISHNAN, POORNIMA; O'NEILL, MEGAN MARIE
To: PAYPAL, INC.
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62245870 · Oct 23, 2015
Related Publication 20170118154A1 · Apr 27, 2017
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