EMOTIONAL STATE INTEGRATED MESSAGING

• US 20080096532A1
• Filed: 10/24/2006
• Published: 04/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Johnson, Morgan L., Moses, Veronique, Lyle, Ruthie D., Francis, Arthur R.
• Application Number:
  US11/552,280
• Publication Number:
  US 20080096532A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/412.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to messaging and provide a method, system and computer program product for emotional state integrated messaging. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for emotional state message integration can be provided. The method can include receiving a message from a message composer and detecting meta-data associated with the message. The method further can include retrieving emotional state information from the meta-data and rendering the message. Finally, the method can include processing the emotional state information in association with the rendering of the message.

Claims

1. A method for emotional state message integration, the method comprising:

receiving a message from a message composer;

detecting meta-data associated with the message;

retrieving emotional state information from the meta-data;

rendering the message; and

,

processing the emotional state information in association with the rendering of the message.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

acquiring an emotional state of the message composer contemporaneously while the message composer composes the message;

formatting the emotional state into meta-data;

associating the meta-data with the message; and

,

forwarding the message to a designated recipient.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein processing the emotional state information in association with the rendering of the message, comprises:

locating an emoticon corresponding to the emotional state; and

,

rendering the emoticon in proximity to the rendering of the message.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein acquiring an emotional state of the message composer contemporaneously while the message composer composes the message, comprises

face recognizing facial patterns of the message composer;

and,

computing an emotional state from the face recognized facial patterns.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein acquiring an emotional state of the message composer contemporaneously while the message composer composes the message, comprises

voice recognizing speech patterns of the message composer;

and,

computing an emotional state from the voice recognized speech patterns.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting meta-data associated with the message, comprises detecting meta-data in a message header for the message.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein associating the meta-data with the message, comprises inserting the meta-data into a message header for the message.

8. A messaging data processing system configured for emotional state integration, the system comprising:

a messenger client;

an emotional state sensor configured to acquire an emotional state of a message composer composing a message;

emotional state detection logic coupled to the messenger client and the emotional state sensor, the logic comprising program code enabled to format an acquired emotional state into meta-data and to associate the acquired emotional state with a corresponding message prior to forwarding the message to a designated recipient.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the messenger client is a client selected from the group consisting of an e-mail client, a chat client and an instant messenger client.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the emotional state sensor comprises a sensor selected from the group consisting of a facial pattern recognizer and a voice pattern recognizer.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the meta-data is emotional state information disposed in a message header for the message.

12. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer usable program code for emotional state message integration, the computer program product including:

computer usable program code for receiving a message from a message composer;

computer usable program code for detecting meta-data associated with the message;

computer usable program code for retrieving emotional state information from the meta-data;

computer usable program code for rendering the message; and

,

computer usable program code for processing the emotional state information in association with the rendering of the message.

13. The computer program product of claim 12, further comprising:

computer usable program code for acquiring an emotional state of the message composer contemporaneously while the message composer composes the message;

computer usable program code for formatting the emotional state into meta-data;

computer usable program code for associating the meta-data with the message; and

,

computer usable program code for forwarding the message to a designated recipient.

14. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the computer usable program code for processing the emotional state information in association with the rendering of the message, comprises:

computer usable program code for locating an emoticon corresponding to the emotional state; and

,

computer usable program code for rendering the emoticon in proximity to the rendering of the message.

15. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the computer usable program code for acquiring an emotional state of the message composer contemporaneously while the message composer composes the message, comprises

computer usable program code for face recognizing facial patterns of the message composer;

and,

computer usable program code for computing an emotional state from the face recognized facial patterns.

16. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the computer usable program code for acquiring an emotional state of the message composer contemporaneously while the message composer composes the message, comprises

computer usable program code for voice recognizing speech patterns of the message composer;

and,

computer usable program code for computing an emotional state from the voice recognized speech patterns.

17. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the computer usable program code for detecting meta-data associated with the message, comprises computer usable program code for detecting meta-data in a message header for the message.

18. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the computer usable program code for associating the meta-data with the message, comprises computer usable program code for inserting the meta-data into a message header for the message.