US Patent Issued on Nov. 3 for "Embedding animation in electronic mail, text messages and websites" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,712, issued on Nov. 3.

"Embedding animation in electronic mail, text messages and websites" was invented by Douglas G. Richardson (Dripping Springs, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are techniques for providing animation in electronic communications. An image is generated by capturing multiple photographs from a camera or video camera. The first photograph is called the "key photo." Using a graphics program, photos subsequent to the key photo are edited to cut an element common to the subsequent photos. The cut images are pasted into the key photo as layers. The modified key photo, including the layers, is stored as a web...