MOOD MESSAGING

摘要

A method of indicating mood in electronic messages capable of being displayed on a display device is described. Before or after a message originator has prepared an electronic message, the message originator is presented with a number of mood formats to choose from. Each format being a combination of more than one formatting feature comprising text attributes, including colour, text backgrounds, and added sounds and images. Each of the formats is indicative of a mood which the message originator may wish to associate with the message content. When the message originator has selected a mood to apply, the particular text attributes, background, sounds and images determined by the selected format are applied.