System and Method to Utilize Mood Sensors in an Electronic Messaging Environment

• US 20090063992A1
• Filed: 08/28/2007
• Published: 03/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Jones, Angela Richards, Seacat, Lisa Anne, Nesbitt, Pamela Ann, Gandhi, Shruti
• Granted Patent: US 8,239,774 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/752
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]

Abstract

A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for determining the behavioral mood of an electronic messaging system user. User input is provided through one or more input receptors of an electronic device. The user input is collected by the mood identification system. The collected input is processed to generate behavioral biometrics, which are in turn correlated to predetermined behavioral moods, each of which has a corresponding behavioral mood indicator. The behavioral mood of the recipient user is indicated by applying text attributes applied to the user'"'"'s identifier (ID) or by displaying an icon proximate to the user'"'"'s ID.

Claims

1. A computer-implementable method for determining the behavioral mood of an electronic messaging system user, comprising:

providing user input to a receptor of an electronic device as the user generates an electronic message;

generating a plurality of behavioral biometrics from the user input received by the receptor;

correlating the plurality of behavioral biometrics to a plurality of predetermined behavioral moods having a corresponding visual attribute; and

applying the visual attribute to the electronic message to indicate a behavioral mood of the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the receptor comprises at least one of:

a keyboard comprising a plurality of electro-mechanical keys;

a keyboard comprising a plurality of touch sensor keys;

a touch-sensitive screen;

a touchpad;

a pointing device; and

a biometric sensor.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of behavioral biometrics are generated by measuring a plurality of user gestures when providing input to the receptor.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of behavioral biometrics are collected and correlated to the plurality of predetermined behavioral moods in real-time, the corresponding visual attribute dynamically applied to indicate behavioral mood changes of the user during the generation of the electronic message.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of behavioral biometrics are collected in real-time and then processed to produce a plurality of generalized behavioral biometrics for correlation to the plurality of behavioral moods, the corresponding visual attribute applied to indicate a generalized behavioral mood of the user when the electronic message was generated.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the visual attribute is an icon.

7. A system comprising:

a processor;

a data bus coupled to the processor; and

a computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, the computer-usable medium being coupled to the data bus, the computer program code determining the behavioral mood of an electronic messaging system user and comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for;

providing user input to a receptor of an electronic device as the user generates an electronic message;

generating a plurality of behavioral biometrics from the user input received by the receptor;

correlating the plurality of behavioral biometrics to a plurality of predetermined behavioral moods having a corresponding visual attribute; and

applying the visual attribute to the electronic message to indicate a behavioral mood of the user.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the at least one receptor comprises at least one of:

a keyboard comprising a plurality of electro-mechanical keys;

a keyboard comprising a plurality of touch sensor keys;

a touch-sensitive screen;

a touchpad;

a pointing device; and

a biometric sensor.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the plurality of behavioral biometrics are generated by measuring a plurality of user gestures when providing input to the receptor.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the plurality of behavioral biometrics are collected and correlated to the plurality of predetermined behavioral moods in real-time, the corresponding visual attribute dynamically applied to indicate behavioral mood changes of the user during the generation of the electronic message.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the plurality of behavioral biometrics are collected in real-time and then processed to produce a plurality of generalized behavioral biometrics for correlation to the plurality of behavioral moods, the corresponding visual attribute applied to indicate a generalized behavioral mood of the user when the electronic message was generated.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the visual attribute is an icon.

13. A computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured for:

providing user input to a receptor of an electronic device as the user generates an electronic message;

generating a plurality of behavioral biometrics from the user input received by the receptor;

correlating the plurality of behavioral biometrics to a plurality of predetermined behavioral moods having a corresponding visual attribute; and

applying the visual attribute to the electronic message to indicate a behavioral mood of the user.

14. The computer usable medium of claim 13, wherein the at least one receptor comprises at least one of:

a keyboard comprising a plurality of electro-mechanical keys;

a keyboard comprising a plurality of touch sensor keys;

a touch-sensitive screen;

a touchpad;

a pointing device; and

a biometric sensor.

15. The computer usable medium of claim 13, wherein the plurality of behavioral biometrics are generated by measuring a plurality of user gestures when providing input to the receptor.

16. The computer usable medium of claim 13, wherein the plurality of behavioral biometrics are collected and correlated to the plurality of predetermined behavioral moods in real-time, the corresponding visual attribute dynamically applied to indicate behavioral mood changes of the user during the generation of the electronic message.

17. The computer usable medium of claim 13, wherein the plurality of behavioral biometrics are collected in real-time and then processed to produce a plurality of generalized behavioral biometrics for correlation to the plurality of behavioral moods, the corresponding visual attribute applied to indicate a generalized behavioral mood of the user when the electronic message was generated.

18. The computer usable medium of claim 13, wherein the visual attribute is an icon.

19. The computer usable medium of claim 13, wherein the computer executable instructions are deployable to a client computer from a server at a remote location.

20. The computer usable medium of claim 13, wherein the computer executable instructions are provided by a service provider to a customer on an on-demand basis.