Patent Document ID: 8654940
Application ID: 13414997

Base Claim:
1. A method comprising acts of: identifying a translation table that includes a plurality of entries, each entry including a text exchange item and a corresponding conversational item; receiving an automatic output message, wherein the automatic output message was generated by a speech enabled application in response to a text exchange message that was entered into a text exchange client; detecting at least one conversational item in the automatic output message, which corresponds to an entry included in the translation table; in the automatic output message, substituting a corresponding text exchange item for the at least one detected conversational item to create a substitute output message, wherein the corresponding text exchange item comprises at least one letter and/or at least one emoticon; and sending the substitute output message to the text exchange client.

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Claim 3:
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the text exchange item of at least one entry in the translation table is an emoticon.