Patent ID: 11936603
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 14:
15. A computer-implemented method for displaying an image in a communication thread, the method comprising:
receiving, via a user interface, a selection of a first image by a first user for display in the communication thread, wherein the communication thread is accessible to the first user and a second user;
analyzing user attribute settings of the first user or the second user to determine if at least one of the first user or the second user has a user attribute setting corresponding to a customizable aspect of the selected first image; and
causing, based on the analyzing, one of the selected first image or a modified image based on the selected first image to be displayed in the communication thread in two display modes, including:
a first mode: if the user attribute settings do not correspond to the customizable aspect of the selected first image, causing the selected first image to be displayed in the communication thread; and
a second mode: if one or more of the user attribute settings correspond to the customizable aspect of the selected first image, generating the modified image based on the selected first image according to the one or more user attribute settings and causing the generated modified image to be displayed in the communication thread.