• May 4, 2016
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Emojis or Emoticons are getting popular day by day and we use it as a part of our conversation frequently be it on iMessage, Whatsapp or native Facebook messenger. It is such an integral part of our conversations that not using it enough is considered as rude. Apparently, Facebook is now taking this to a whole new level where we can be our own emoji. The U.S. Patent No. 9,331,970 titled ‘Replacing typed emoticon with user photo’, describes a facial recognition technology in which Facebook sorts through our tagged photos to find faces that best match the emoji we meant to use. For example, if typing :) leads to the ? emoji, it may instead replace that with a photo of us smiling. However, Facebook is not the first company to develop customized emojis. A start-up by the name Slack allows users to upload an image that can be turned into an emoji. Anyways, we all know Facebook’s ultimate goal is to personalize and connect people worldwide and this might be just another step towards staying true to its ultimate goal.   This article is a part of our series of web articles - Latest from the Greatest. Innovation drives competitiveness! That is the beauty of innovation which fuels every great company to constantly innovate and come up with great ideas, great prototypes and finally great products. Having a patent is absolutely critical and act as a core ingredient to achieve such greatness. Leading companies compete on the impact of their innovations in the marketplace. At Citius Minds, we constantly mine patents to read into the insights into what the future holds. Through these series of web articles, we will be covering latest patents that the leading companies have filed and try to read into how their research is panning out and what great products are lined up for us to grab our hands on.