System and method for avatar creation and synchronization

One or more non-transitory storage mediums having stored thereon, individually or in combination, instructions that when executed by one or more processors result in the following operations comprising:

• initiating, by a first user device, communication between the first user device and a remote user device;
• receiving, by the first user device, selection of a new avatar to represent a user of the first user device;
• identifying, by the first user device, a new avatar file for the new avatar in an avatar database associated with the first user device;
• determining, by the first user device, that the new avatar the is not present in a remote avatar database associated with the remote user device;
• and
• transmitting, by the first user device, the new avatar file to the remote avatar database in response to determining that the new avatar file is not present in the remote avatar database;
• wherein on receipt of the new avatar file, the remote user device uses the new avatar file to display the new avatar to represent the user of the first user device, during active communication between the first and the remote user devices.

An apparatus for avatar synchronization between a first user device and a remote user device, the apparatus comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more non-transitory storage mediums having stored thereon, individually or in combination, instructions that when executed by the one or more processors result in the operations comprising:
• initiating, by the first user device, communication between the first user device and the remote user device;
• receiving, by the first user device, selection of a new avatar to represent a user of the first user device;
• identifying, by the first user device, a new avatar file for the new avatar in an avatar database associated with the first user device;
• determining, by the first user device, that the new avatar the is not present in a remote avatar database associated with the remote user device;
• and
• transmitting, by the first user device, the new avatar file to the remote avatar database in res once to determining that the new avatar file is not resent in the remote avatar database;
• wherein on receipt of the new avatar file, the remote user device uses the new avatar file to display the new avatar to represent the user of the first user device, during active communication between the first and the remote user devices.