Emotional state modification method and system
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1. A method of categorizing electronically recallable media, comprising:
- (a) presenting a particular user with media samples possessing subject matter containing sensory stimuli;
(b) permitting the particular user to provide personal responses to the sensory stimuli of the media samples;
(c) determining from the personal responses whether the media samples evoke a selected emotional state in the particular user; and
(d) assigning media samples evoking the selected emotional state in the particular user to an electronically recallable set, the electronically recallable set being labeled with an emotional state identifier representative of the selected emotional state.
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Abstract
A method of categorizing electronically recallable media, in which a particular user is presented with media samples and permitted to provide personal responses to the media samples. From the personal responses, a determination is made whether the media samples evoke one or more of emotional states in the particular user. The media samples are electronically assigned to one or more of electronically recallable sets corresponding to the emotional states evoked in the particular user by the media samples. An aspect of the method allows for the selective recall of the media samples based on selection of one or more of the electronically recallable sets.
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52 Claims
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1. A method of categorizing electronically recallable media, comprising:
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(a) presenting a particular user with media samples possessing subject matter containing sensory stimuli;
(b) permitting the particular user to provide personal responses to the sensory stimuli of the media samples;
(c) determining from the personal responses whether the media samples evoke a selected emotional state in the particular user; and
(d) assigning media samples evoking the selected emotional state in the particular user to an electronically recallable set, the electronically recallable set being labeled with an emotional state identifier representative of the selected emotional state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of categorizing electronically recallable media, comprising:
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(a) presenting a particular user with media samples possessing subject matter containing sensory stimuli;
(b) permitting the particular user to provide personal responses to the sensory stimuli of the media samples;
(c) determining from the personal responses whether the media samples evoke one or more selected emotional states in the particular user; and
(d) electronically assigning the media samples to electronically recallable sets corresponding to the emotional states evoked in the particular user by the media samples, each of the electronically recallable sets being labeled with a respective emotional state identifier representative of the respective selected emotional state. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of evoking an emotional state in a particular user through selective presentation of media samples, comprising:
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(a) providing an electronically recallable set of self-selected media samples possessing subject matter containing sensory stimuli, the media samples being custom selected by a particular user for evoking a selected emotional state in the particular user; and
(b) electronically presenting the particular user with the media samples at a selected time to evoke the selected emotional state in the particular user. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A computer usable medium for compiling electronically recallable sets of media samples customized for evoking corresponding emotional states in a particular user, the computer usable medium comprising:
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(a) computer readable program code means for causing a computer to display a category entry field to a particular user via a display unit;
(b) computer readable program code means for causing the computer to receive an inputted electronically recallable category or categories into the category entry field, said electronically recallable category or categories each corresponding to a respective emotional state;
(c) computer readable program code means for presenting the particular user with a plurality of media samples, the media samples possessing subject matter containing sensory stimuli;
(d) computer readable program code means for permitting the media samples to be electronically assigned to the electronically recallable category or one or more of the electronically recallable categories based on the emotional states evoked in the particular user by the media samples; and
(e) computer readable program code means for permitting the particular user to electronically recall the media samples by the electronically recallable category or categories.
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52. A system for compiling electronically recallable sets of media customized for evoking corresponding emotional states in a particular user, the system comprising:
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(a) a computing device comprising the computer program;
(b) an input device;
(c) an output device;
(d) data storage; and
(e) said computer program for providing a particular user with a plurality of categories each corresponding to a respective emotional state, obtaining from the data storage media samples possessing subject matter containing sensory stimuli, presenting the media samples to the particular user via the output device and permitting the particular user to provide personal responses to the media samples, electronically assigning the media samples via the input device into one or more electronically recallable sets of the categories based on emotional states evoked by the media samples, and permitting selective electronic recall of the media samples.
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