COMMUNITY MOOD REPRESENTATION

• US 20090193344A1
• Filed: 01/24/2008
• Published: 07/30/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Smyers, Scott
• Application Number:
  US12/019,001
• Publication Number:
  US 20090193344A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/753
• 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 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method for determining a community mood can include: receiving a plurality of user inputs for determining individual user moods within a community; aggregating the individual user moods to form an aggregated community mood; selecting a community mood representation corresponding to the aggregated community mood; and displaying the selected community mood representation to the community.

Claims

1. A method of determining a consolidated community mood, comprising:

receiving a plurality of user inputs for determining individual user moods within a community;

aggregating the individual user moods to form an aggregated community mood;

selecting a community mood representation corresponding to the aggregated community mood; and

displaying the selected community mood representation to the community.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the individual user moods comprises receiving user voice inputs in a speech recognition engine.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the individual user moods comprises analyzing user text.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the individual user moods comprises biometrically sensing user physical characteristics.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the individual user moods comprises explicitly receiving a user mood using a user interface.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the user interface comprises an energy level selection.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the user interface comprises an interest level selection.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the user interface comprises an anger level selection.

9. The method of claim 5, wherein the user interface comprises a happiness level selection.

10. An apparatus, comprising:

one or more processors; and

logic encoded in one or more tangible media for execution by the one or more processors, and when executed operable to;

receive a plurality of user inputs for determination of individual user moods within a community;

aggregate the individual user moods to form an aggregated community mood;

select a community mood representation corresponding to the aggregated community mood; and

display the selected community mood representation to the community.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the aggregated community mood comprises a binary string signal.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the determination of the individual user moods comprises translating user voice inputs with a speech recognition engine.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the determination of the individual user moods comprises a text analysis of user text.

14. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the determination of the individual user moods comprises a biometric sensing of user physical characteristics.

15. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the determination of the individual user moods comprises use of a user interface for explicit mood entry.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the user interface comprises an energy level selector.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the user interface comprises an interest level selector.

18. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the user interface comprises an anger level selector.

19. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the user interface comprises a happiness level selector.

20. A community mood determination system, comprising:

means for receiving a plurality of user inputs for determining individual user moods within a community;

means for aggregating the individual user moods to form an aggregated community mood;

means for selecting a community mood representation corresponding to the aggregated community mood; and

means for displaying the selected community mood representation to the community.