Dynamically updating emoticon pool based on user targeting

A network device comprising:

• a transceiver for communicating with at least one client device over a network;
• a processor;
• and
• a storage medium for tangibly storing thereon program logic for execution by the processor, the stored program logic comprising:
• receiving logic executed by the processor for receiving user targeted information, including dynamic external information, about a user of a client device;
• examining logic executed by the processor for examining the user targeted information to determine a current personal construct of the user;
• modifying logic executed by the processor for modifying an appearance of one or more base emoticons from a base emoticon pool of the user based on the user's current personal construct;
• updating logic executed by the processor for dynamically updating, an emoticon pool of the user to comprise the modified base emoticons, the user's emoticon pool including a plurality of emoticons that are based on the user's current personal construct;
• displaying logic executed by the processor for displaying the updated emoticon pool comprising the plurality of emoticons that are based on the user's current personal construct to the user to enable the user, in composing a message, to select an emoticon from the plurality of emoticons of the user's updated emoticon pool and to send the emoticon that is based on the current personal construct of the user that selected the emoticon in the message composed by the user to a number of other users
• transmitting logic executed by the processor for transmitting the message composed by the user and including the emoticon selected from the updated emoticon pool by the user as composer of the message to the number of other users.

A computer-readable non-transitory storage device having computer-executable instructions tangibly stored thereon such that when the storage device is accessed by a computing device, the instructions are executable by the computing device to cause the computing device to perform actions, the actions comprising:

• obtaining user targeted information associated with a user;
• examining the user targeted information to determine a current personal construct of the user;
• modifying an appearance of one or more base emoticons from a base emoticon pool of the user based on the user's current personal construct;
• dynamically updating one or more emoticon pools of the user to comprise the modified base emoticons, each of the user's one or more emoticon pools including a respective plurality of emoticons that are based on the user's current personal construct;
• selectively displaying the one or more emoticons pools, each of which comprising its respective plurality of emoticons that are based on the user's current personal construct, to the user to enable the user, in composing a message, to select an emoticon from at least one of the one or more emoticon pools and to send the emoticon that is based on the current personal construct of the user that selected the emoticon in the message composed by the user to a number of other users;
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• transmitting the message composed by the user and including the emoticon selected from the updated emoticon pool by the user as composer of the message to the number of other users.