Systems and methods for indicating emotions through electronic self-portraits

A method comprising:

• receiving, at a computing device, an indication of a user's request to create a new set of electronic self-portraits for conveying emotion in an electronic message, the new set being separate and distinct from any existing, configured sets;
• generating, by the computing device, the new set of electronic self-portraits for conveying emotion in an electronic message, the new set being an empty set;
• receiving, at the computing device, a file selected by the user for adding to the new set;
• associating, by the computing device, the file to the new set to create an electronic self-portrait for conveying emotion in an electronic message;
• responsive to receiving, at the computing device, an indication of an emotion to be conveyed by the electronic self-portrait for conveying emotion in an electronic message, associating a pre-existing collection of text-based characters for conveying the emotion to the electronic self-portrait for conveying emotion in an electronic message;
• receiving, at the computing device, a received electronic message;
• receiving, at the computing device, an indication of a request (i) to create an electronic message responding to the received message and (ii) to include an electronic self-portrait for conveying emotion in the electronic message;
• outputting, by the computing device and for display to the user, the new set of electronic self-portraits for conveying emotion;
• responsive to receiving a selection of a particular electronic self-portrait for conveying emotion from the set of electronic self-portraits for conveying emotion, outputting, by the computing device and for display to the user, an option to update the particular electronic self-portrait for conveying emotion;
• responsive to receiving, at the computing device, an indication of a user confirmation to keep the particular electronic self-portrait for conveying emotion, outputting, by the computing device and for display to the user, the particular electronic self-portrait for conveying emotion;
• responsive to receiving an indication of a request to send the electronic message, sending the electronic message to a sender of the received message, the particular electronic self-portrait for conveying emotion positioned separate and apart from a textual message included in the electronic message;
• responsive to determining that the user responded to the received electronic message with the particular electronic self-portrait for conveying emotion, tagging, by the computing device, the received electronic message by assigning a number value to the received electronic message;
• pre-scanning, by the computing device, a subsequent received message and comparing the subsequent received message to the assigned number value;
• and
• predicting, by the computing device and based on comparing the subsequent received message to the assigned number value, if the user is likely to respond to the subsequent received message with the particular electronic self-portrait for conveying emotion.