Not sure how this will effect other players like WeeMee and others in the space, but Vidiator, a Bellevue, WA-based mobile avatar technology and streaming firm, has received a number of wide-reaching patents for 3D avatar technologies and avatar-based multimedia messaging applications. The recently-issued patents (U.S. Patent No. 6,853,379; 6,876,364; 6,948,131) include the core methods of creating and delivering 3D avatar-based rich media messaging via a communications server or client-based system.
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