Patent ID: 7725547

Claim:
A method for an electronic communication service that supports a plurality of electronic communication sessions to inform a plurality of users participating in an electronic communication session of gestures made by at least one of the plurality of users, comprising: capturing a three-dimensional movement of a first user from among a plurality of users participating in an electronic communication session, wherein the three-dimensional movement is determined using at least one image capture device aimed at the first user; identifying a three-dimensional object properties stream using the captured movement; identifying a particular electronic communication gesture representing the three-dimensional object properties stream by comparing the identified three-dimensional object properties stream with a plurality of electronic communication gesture definitions; displaying within a user interface, the captured movement; prompting the first user, within the user interface, to verify the captured movement is intended to communicate the particular electronic communication gesture or to select to assign another electronic communication gesture to the captured movement; responsive to the first user verifying the captured movement is intended to communicate the particular communication gesture, updating a record of the particular electronic communication gesture within the plurality of electronic communication gesture definitions with the verification; responsive to the first user selecting to assign another electronic communication gesture to the capture movement, setting the particular electronic communication gesture to the another electronic communication gesture; and in response to the first user verifying the identified particular electronic communication gesture from among the plurality of electronic communication gesture definitions, transmitting to at least one of the plurality of users participating in the electronic communication session an electronic object corresponding to the identified electronic communication gesture by transmitting the electronic object as a command to a tactile detectable device to output a particular tactile detectable output pattern representative of the identified electronic communication gesture and sending the command to output the particular tactile detectable output pattern at a level of tactile pulse intensity set to a percentage of certainty.