Summary

--SUPERS-- Photo --VIDEO SHOWS-- Cartoon avatar photo --LEAD IN-- SOMETHING ALREADY POPULAR MIGHT BE THE NEXT BIG THING FOR APPLE - CARTOON AVATARS --VO SCRIPT-- THE LATEST PATENT FOR THE TECH COMPANY IS THE AVATAR EDITING ENVIRONMENT IT LOOKS SIMILAR TO BITMOJITHOSE MOBILE STICKERS THAT ARE CUSTOMIZED TO LOOK LIKE YOU THIS WOULD APPEAR TO BE APPLES MOVE TO CREATE ITS OWN UNIQUE CHARACTERS FOR ITS I-MESSAGE USERS NEW WOULD BE A THREE-D AVATAR MODEL, WITH APPLICATIONS FOR GAMING AND EYE-TRACKING THE AVATAR PATENT FOLLOWS LAST YEARS OVERHAUL TO I-MESSAGEWHICH ADDED STICKERS AND ANIMATIONS TO THE APP AND IT COULD BE SEEN AS FOLLOWING IN THE STEPS OF PLAYFUL APPS LIKE SNAPCHAT AND FACEBOOK MESSENGER -----END-----CNNSCRIPT----- --KEYWORD TAGS-- US TECHNOLOGY SOCIAL MEDIA

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Title APPLES NEW AVATAR PATENT RESEMBLES BITMOJI
Date 02/21/2017
Description --SUPERS-- Photo --VIDEO SHOWS-- Cartoon avatar photo --LEAD IN-- SOMETHING ALREADY POPULAR MIGHT BE THE NEXT BIG THING FOR APPLE - CARTOON AVATARS --VO SCRIPT-- THE LATEST PATENT FOR THE TECH COMPANY IS THE AVATAR EDITING ENVIRONMENT IT LOOKS SIMILAR TO BITMOJITHOSE MOBILE STICKERS THAT ARE CUSTOMIZED TO LOOK LIKE YOU THIS WOULD APPEAR TO BE APPLES MOVE TO CREATE ITS OWN UNIQUE CHARACTERS FOR ITS I-MESSAGE USERS NEW WOULD BE A THREE-D AVATAR MODEL, WITH APPLICATIONS FOR GAMING AND EYE-TRACKING THE AVATAR PATENT FOLLOWS LAST YEARS OVERHAUL TO I-MESSAGEWHICH ADDED STICKERS AND ANIMATIONS TO THE APP AND IT COULD BE SEEN AS FOLLOWING IN THE STEPS OF PLAYFUL APPS LIKE SNAPCHAT AND FACEBOOK MESSENGER -----END-----CNNSCRIPT----- --KEYWORD TAGS-- US TECHNOLOGY SOCIAL MEDIA
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Synopsis Apples new avatar patent looks familiar
CNN ID 39806799
Name 370UA3T_001