Facebook seeks India patent intelligently augmenting electronic messages

In a patent application the company claims that the invention is related to electronic communications

Social networking giant Facebook has applied for patent exclusivity for its invention of a method making messaging more interactive by identifying the message elements in the electronic communication and adding or replacing them with an additional element. The invention could be used in instant messaging services and other electronic communication methods.

In a patent application 'Providing Augmented Message Elements In Electronic Communication Threads', the company claims that the invention is related to electronic communications, more specifically to intelligently augmenting message elements in such communications.

Electronic communication applications allow users to include emoticons, stickers, images as shortcuts, but the