Patent ID: 9699299
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for receiving and displaying a custom character and revealing embedded content associated therewith, comprising: (a) a client device receiving message data that includes a unique custom character reference; (b) the client device obtaining, for the unique custom character reference included in the received message data, image data and embedded data for the custom character associated with the unique custom character reference; (c) the client device displaying the custom character that is associated with the unique custom character reference included in the received message data, (d) the client device accepting an indication that a user of the client device has tapped on or swiped and thereby selected the custom character that is being displayed; and (e) the client device displaying embedded content that is associated with the custom character, in response to accepting the indication that a user of the client device has tapped on or swiped and thereby selected the custom character that is being displayed,