Patent ID: 7647560

Claim:
A user interface generated on a display by instructions stored on a computer-readable medium and executable on a computer, said user interface comprising: a list of participants in a voice chat session conducted over a communications network; a menu comprising a list of emoticons selectable by a user, each emoticon in the list having corresponding emoticon data, the corresponding emoticon data being sent from the user to a selected one of the participants from the list of participants over the network upon the user selecting the emoticon from the list, the sent corresponding emoticon data comprising a non-vocal and non-textual conveyance of emotion or action from the user to the selected participant in connection with the voice chat session, the selected emoticon having a haptic component to be received by and rendered to the selected one of the participants, the haptic component to be rendered by way of a force-feedback sensory stimulator device of a computing device of the selected one of the participants, the force-feedback device rendering the haptic component as movement felt by the selected one of the participants when the selected one of the participants touches the force-feedback device, the selected emoticon also having a system component to be received by and rendered to the selected one of the participants, the system component to be rendered by way of one or more physical light elements and an ejectable drive tray of the computing device of the selected one of the participants, the one or more physical light elements rendering the system component by flashing to signify winking and the ejectable drive tray rendering the system component by ejecting to signify sticking one's tongue out.