Systems and methods for identifying and inserting emoticons
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- determining a first sentiment of a text received from a user;
calculating sentiment similarity scores based on a similarity between the first sentiment and a respective second sentiment of each of a plurality of candidate emoticons;
identifying one or more of the candidate emoticons having a closest similarity to the first sentiment based on the sentiment similarity scores;
providing the one or more candidate emoticons for selection by the user;
receiving the selection of one of the candidate emoticons by the user; and
inserting the selected candidate emoticon into the text.
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Abstract
Computer-implemented systems and methods are provided for suggesting emoticons for insertion into text based on an analysis of sentiment in the text. An example method includes: determining a first sentiment of text in a text field; selecting first text from the text field in proximity to a current position of an input cursor in the text field; identifying one or more candidate emoticons wherein each candidate emoticon is associated with a respective score indicating relevance to the first text and the first sentiment based on, at least, historical user selections of emoticons for insertion in proximity to respective second text having a respective second sentiment; providing one or more candidate emoticons having respective highest scores for user selection; and receiving user selection of one or more of the provided emoticons and inserting the selected emoticons into the text field at the current position of the input cursor.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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determining a first sentiment of a text received from a user; calculating sentiment similarity scores based on a similarity between the first sentiment and a respective second sentiment of each of a plurality of candidate emoticons; identifying one or more of the candidate emoticons having a closest similarity to the first sentiment based on the sentiment similarity scores; providing the one or more candidate emoticons for selection by the user; receiving the selection of one of the candidate emoticons by the user; and inserting the selected candidate emoticon into the text. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system, comprising:
one or more computer processors programmed to perform operations to; determine a first sentiment of a text received from a user; calculate sentiment similarity scores based on a similarity between the first sentiment and a respective second sentiment of each of a plurality of candidate emoticons; identify one or more of the candidate emoticons having a closest similarity to the first sentiment based on the sentiment similarity scores; provide the one or more candidate emoticons for selection by the user; receive the selection of one of the candidate emoticons by the user; and insert the selected candidate emoticon into the text. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more computer processors, cause the one or more computer processors to:
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determine a first sentiment of a text received from a user; calculate sentiment similarity scores based on a similarity between the first sentiment and a respective second sentiment of each of a plurality of candidate emoticons; identify one or more of the candidate emoticons having a closest similarity to the first sentiment based on the sentiment similarity scores; provide the one or more candidate emoticons for selection by the user; receive the selection of one of the candidate emoticons by the user; and insert the selected candidate emoticon into the text.
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