Patent ID: 7865552

Claim:
A method, comprising: determining a capture of video from a first user, wherein the captured video begins before receiving a first text message from a second user for a communication session; determining a contextual trigger for the communication session between the first user and the second user, wherein the contextual trigger indicates focus by the first user on the communication session with the second user; determining a second text message inputted by the first user in the communication session; determining a point in the captured video based on a time at which the contextual trigger is determined; generating, by a computing device used by the first user, a video message of the first user in the communication session based upon the determined point in the captured video, wherein a portion of the captured video is not included in the video message as generated from the computing device used by the first user, and wherein the video message comprises captured video of the first user for a predetermined amount of time before the time at which the contextual trigger is determined; and sending the second text message and the video message from the computing device used by the first user to the second user such that a reaction of the first user reading the first text message is visible by the second user via the video message.