Patent Document ID: 9817802
Application ID: 13483365

Base Claim:
1. A method comprising: identifying at least one abbreviation element in a received text-based electronic communication that is addressed to at least one recipient; determining a presentation preference of the at least one recipient for the at least one identified abbreviation element from an abbreviation usage history data, wherein the abbreviation usage history data represents a preference of a sender for the abbreviation element when sending text-based electronic communications to others; creating an abbreviation-adjusted text-based electronic communication for each recipient using the received text-based electronic communication and the determined presentation preference for a recipient for the at least one abbreviation element; and modifying abbreviation elements based on the preference of the sender, for generating the abbreviated-adjusted text-based electronic communication, when presentation preference of the recipient for the at least one abbreviation element is not present in the recipient's abbreviation usage history data.

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Claim 7:
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determination of the presentation preference further comprises: querying abbreviation usage history data for a combination of the recipient and either a condensed format or an expanded format of an identified abbreviation element; and when the combination exists in the abbreviation usage history data, designating a format contained in the combination as the presentation preference of the recipient for the identified abbreviation element.