Patent ID: 7356470

Claim:
A method for preparing a multi-mail message for a user of a multi-mail system for transmission over a network, comprising: providing a database configured to store multimedia data that represent human emotions in order to assist the user in conveying an intended emotional context of the user's multi-mail message; receiving audio information relating to content of the multi-mail message from a first user; translating the audio information to text information; identifying a portion or portions of the text information, including individual words and or phrases, that can be associated with the intended emotional context of the user's multi-mail message; providing the user with an interface that enables the user to select one of the multimedia data from the database that matches with the intended emotional context of the user's multi-mail message; associating the portion or portions of the text information, including individual words or phrases, to the multimedia data suggested by a program of the multi-mail system and then selected by the user thereby generating the multi-mail message having a dynamic image; and transmitting the multi-mail message having the dynamic image to a recipient over the network thereby enabling the recipient to read, see and hear the intended emotional context of the user's multi-mail message.