Remote communication through visual representations

A method of communicating data from a user to a remote recipient through a remote connection comprising:

• providing a set of behavioral characteristics of a visual representation to the user, the behavioral characteristics representing contexts within which data is to be interpreted;
• receiving a selection of a behavioral characteristic from one of the set of behavioral characteristics from the user;
• receiving data to be communicated from the user to the recipient;
• communicating the data to the recipient concurrently with a behavioral movement of the visual representation associated with the selected behavioral characteristic, wherein the behavioral movement provides context to the recipient for interpreting the communicated data;
• receiving an utterance override command comprising a subset of behavioral movements associated with a behavioral characteristic selected by the user;
• and
• selecting a behavioral movement within the set of behavioral movements associated with the received utterance override command;
• wherein communicating the data to the recipient concurrently with a behavioral movement comprises:
• animating the visual representation responsive to the utterance override command to communicate the selected behavioral characteristic;
• and
• wherein the utterance override command specifies a personality type.

A method of communicating over a network comprising:

• receiving a data communication from a first user, wherein the data communication contains behavioral movement information;
• translating the received behavioral movement information into a choreography sequence of behavioral movements of a figure of the first user by:
• determining whether the data communication contains gesture commands;
• and
• responsive to determining that the data communication contains at least one gesture command, constructing a choreography sequence from at least one behavioral movement associated with the at least one gesture command;
• and
• animating the figure responsive to the choreography sequence.

A method of communicating over a network comprising:

• receiving a data communication from a first user, wherein the data communication contains behavioral movement information;
• translating the received behavioral movement information into a choreography sequence of behavioral movements of a figure of the first user by:
• responsive to the data communication containing text, processing the text in accordance with at least one natural language processing rule;
• and
• constructing a choreography sequence from at least one behavioral movement associated with the at least one natural language processing rule;
• and
• animating the figure responsive to the choreography sequence.

A method of providing a visual interface for a remote connection in a network, comprising:

• generating behavioral movement information to animate a figure representing a first user in accordance with a selected behavioral characteristic by the first user responsive to receiving no communication from the first user or other users of the network;
• transmitting the generated behavioral movement information to the other users of the network;
• displaying the figure representing the first user;
• animating the figure representing the first user responsive to the generated behavioral movement information;
• responsive to receiving a data string from the first user, stopping animation of the figure representing the first user;
• and
• transmitting behavioral movement information for the, figure to the other users in the network responsive to the data string received from the first user.

A method of providing a visual interface for a remote connection between the first and second user, comprising:

• receiving a communication from a first user;
• constructing a choreography sequence of behavioral movements for a figure representative of the second user responsive to behavioral characteristics selected by the second user, a gesture command provided by the second user, and the communication received from the first user;
• and
• transmitting the choreography sequence to the first user.

A method for enabling a user to communicate remotely through a network comprising:

• receiving behavioral information from a user;
• receiving gesture data from the user specifying a gesture for communicating behavioral information associated with a sequence of behavioral movements;
• receiving a data string from the user;
• parsing the data string for a text string;
• generating behavioral movement information from the received behavioral information and the gesture data;
• animating a figure responsive to the generated behavioral movement information;
• and
• displaying the text string responsive to the behavioral information.

A computer readable medium for storing instructions to cause a processor to communicate data from a user to a remote recipient through a remote connection, the instructions causing the processor to:

• provide a set of behavioral characteristics of a visual representation to the user, the behavioral characteristics representing contexts within which data is to be interpreted;
• receive a selection of a behavioral characteristic from one of the set of behavioral characteristics from the user;
• receive data to be communicated from the user;
• and
• communicate the data to the recipient concurrently with a behavioral movement of the visual representation associated with the selected behavioral characteristic, wherein the behavioral movement provides context to the recipient for interpreting the communicated data;
• wherein at least one gesture for communicating behavioral information is associated with a sequence of behavioral movements the instructions further causing the processor to:
• receive data from the user specifying a gesture;
• and
• animate the visual representation responsive to a sequence of behavioral movements associated with the gesture.

A method of communicating data containing text from a user to a remote recipient through a remote connection in which predefined categories of text are associated with behavioral movements, comprising:

• providing a set of behavioral characteristics of a visual representation to the user, the behavioral characteristics representing contexts within which data is to be interpreted;
• receiving a selection of a behavioral characteristic from one of the set of behavioral characteristics from the user;
• receiving text to be communicated from the user to the recipient;
• determining whether a word in the text to be communicated belongs to a predefined category, and
• responsive to determining that a word in the data to be communicated belongs to a predefined category, communicating the text to the recipient concurrently with a behavioral movement of the visual representation associated with the predefined category and responsive to the selected behavioral characteristic, wherein the behavioral movement provides context to the recipient for interpreting the communicated text.

A method of communicating data from a user to a remote recipient through a remote connection comprising:

• providing a set of behavioral characteristics of a visual representation to the user, the behavioral characteristics representing contexts within which data is to be interpreted;
• receiving a selection of a behavioral characteristic from one of the set of behavioral characteristics from the user;
• receiving gesture data from the user specifying a gesture for communicating behavioral information associated with a sequence of behavioral movements;
• receiving data to be communicated from the user to the recipient;
• and
• communicating the data to the recipient concurrently with a sequence of behavioral movements of the visual representation associated with the selected behavioral characteristic and the gesture data, wherein the sequence of behavioral movements provide context to the recipient for interpreting the communicated data.

A computer readable medium for storing instructions to cause a processor to communicate data from a user to a remote recipient through a remote connection, the instructions causing the processor to:

• provide a set of behavioral characteristics of a visual representation to the user, the behavioral characteristics representing contexts within which data is to be interpreted;
• receive a selection of a behavioral characteristic from one of the set of behavioral characteristics from the user;
• receive gesture data from the user specifying a gesture for communicating behavioral information associated with a sequence of behavioral movements;
• receive data to be communicated from the user;
• and
• communicate the data to the recipient concurrently with a sequence of behavioral movements of the visual representation associated with the selected behavioral characteristic and the gesture data, wherein the sequence of behavioral movements provide context to the recipient for interpreting the communicated data.

A method of communicating data containing text from a user to a remote recipient through a remote connection in which predefined categories of text are associated with behavioral movements, comprising:

• providing a set of behavioral characteristics of a visual representation to the user, the behavioral characteristics representing contexts within which data is to be interpreted;
• receiving a selection of a behavioral characteristic from one of the set of behavioral characteristics from the user;
• receiving a gesture command from the user;
• receiving text to be communicated from the user to the recipient;
• determining whether a word in the text to be communicated belongs to a predefined category, and
• responsive to determining that a word in the data to be communicated belongs to a predefined category, communicating the text to the recipient concurrently with a behavioral movement of the visual representation associated with the predefined category and responsive to the selected behavioral characteristic and the gesture command, wherein the behavioral movement provides context to the recipient for interpreting the communicated text.