Patent ID: 7634731

Claim:
A method of controlling an avatar at a called party, the method comprising: displaying the avatar at a mobile phone of the called party, the avatar including a plurality of joints, each joint of the avatar corresponding to a different key of a mobile phone of a calling party; receiving signals for controlling a joint of the avatar displayed on the mobile phone of the called party based on at least three inputted ones of the keys of the mobile phone of the calling party, wherein the received signals are transmitted from the mobile phone of the calling party to the mobile phone of the called party, the received signals based on the at least three inputted keys, the at least three inputted keys including a first key corresponding to one joint of the avatar, a second key to cause motion of the one joint of the avatar corresponding to the first key and a third key to end motion of the one joint of the avatar; and controlling the one joint of the displayed avatar in accordance with the received signals.