20140139555 | METHOD OF ADDING EXPRESSION TO TEXT MESSAGES - A string of input characters is received through an input device and associated with an audio stream with at least one character of the string being associated with at least one sound of the audio stream, and each association is stored in a memory for synchronized playback. An electronic text message is associated with an image file, the association including an instruction to output the electronic text message concurrently with the image file such that the image file is output as a background image to the electronic text message. One or more text strings in an electronic text message is associated with one or more other text strings, and the one or more other text strings and associations, which may include start and end indexes, are stored in a memory as tags for the electronic text message. | 05-22-2014 |