Acquisition and particular association of inference data indicative of an inferred mental state of an authoring user and source identity data

• US 20090292724A1
• Filed: 08/21/2008
• Published: 11/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Rinaldo, John D. JR., Lord, Robert W., Jung, Edward K.Y., Levien, Royce A., Wood, Lowell L. JR., Malamud, Mark A., Leuthardt, Eric C.
• Granted Patent: US 8,065,360 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0013 Medical image data A61B1/00011, A61B6/56, A61B8/56 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/16 Devices for psychotechnics using teaching or educational appliances G09B1/00 - G09B7/00; Testing reaction times ; Devices for evaluating the psychological state
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/165 Evaluating the state of mind, e.g. depression, anxiety
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: acquiring inference data indicative of an inferred mental state of an authoring user in connection with at least a particular item of an electronic message, acquiring source identity data providing one or more identities of one or more sources that is or are basis, at least in part, for the inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user, associating the inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user with the particular item; and associating the source identity data providing one or more identities of the one or more sources with the particular item. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.

Claims

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138. A computationally-implemented system, comprising:

means for acquiring inference data indicative of an inferred mental state of an authoring user in connection with at least a particular item of an electronic message;

means for acquiring source identity data providing one or more identities of one or more sources that provide a is or are basis, at least in part, for the inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the;

means for associating the inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user with the particular item; and

means for associating the source identity data providing one or more identities of the one or more sources with the particular item.

140. The computationally-implemented system of claim 138, wherein said means for comprises:

means for determining the inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user based on one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user.

141. The computationally-implemented system of claim 140, wherein said determining the inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user based on one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user comprises:

means for observing the one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user during or proximate to an action executed in connection with the particular item and performed, at least in part, by the authoring user.

142. The computationally-implemented system of claim 141, wherein said means for comprises:

means for inferring a mental state of the authoring user based, at least in part, on the observing of the one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user during or proximate to the action executed in connection with the particular item and performed, at least in part, by the authoring user.

186. The computationally-implemented system of claim 138, wherein said means for acquiring source identity data providing one or more identities of one or more sources that provide a basis, at least in part, for the inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user comprises:

means for acquiring the source identity data providing one or more identities of the one or more sources from the one or more sources.

187. The computationally-implemented system of claim 138, wherein said means for acquiring source identity data providing one or more identities of one or more sources that provide a basis, at least in part, for the inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the comprises:

means for acquiring the source identity data providing one or more identities of the one or more sources from memory.

188. The computationally-implemented system of claim 138, wherein said means for acquiring source identity data providing one or more identities of one or more sources that provide a basis, at least in part, for the inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user comprises:

means for acquiring an identity associated with the authoring user.

189. The computationally-implemented system of claim 138, wherein said means for acquiring source identity data providing one or more identities of one or more sources that provide a basis, at least in part, for the inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user comprises:

means for acquiring an identity associated with an inference technique or model used to derive the inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user.

190. The computationally-implemented system of claim 138, wherein said means for acquiring source identity data providing one or more identities of one or more sources that provide a basis, at least in part, for the inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user comprises:

means for acquiring an identity associated with a database or library used to derive the inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user.

191. The computationally-implemented system of claim 138, wherein said means for acquiring source identity data providing one or more identities of one or more sources that provide a basis, at least in part, for the inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user comprises:

means for acquiring source identity data providing one or more identities of one or more sensors used to sense one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user, the inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user being based, at least in part, on the one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user sensed by the one or more sensors.

192. The computationally-implemented system of claim 191, wherein said means for acquiring source identity data providing one or more identities of one or more sensors used to sense one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user, the inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user being based, at least in part, on the one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user sensed by the one or more sensors comprises:

means for acquiring an identity for at least a functional magnetic resonance image (fMRI) device that was used to sense the one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user.

193. The computationally-implemented system of claim 191, wherein said means for acquiring source identity data providing one or more identities of one or more sensors used to sense one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user, the inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user being based, at least in part, on the one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user sensed by the one or more sensors comprises:

means for acquiring an identity for at least a functional near infrared (fNIR) device that was used to sense the one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user.

194. The computationally-implemented system of claim 191, wherein said means for acquiring source identity data providing one or more identities of one or more sensors used to sense one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user, the inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user being based, at least in part, on the one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user sensed by the one or more sensors comprises:

means for acquiring an identity for at least a magnetoencephalography (MEG) device that was used to sense the one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user.

195. The computationally-implemented system of claim 191, wherein said means for acquiring source identity data providing one or more identities of one or more sensors used to sense one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user, the inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user being based, at least in part, on the one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user sensed by the one or more sensors comprises:

means for acquiring an identity for at least an electroencephalography (EEG) device that was used to sense the one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user.

196. The computationally-implemented system of claim 191, wherein said means for acquiring source identity data providing one or more identities of one or more sensors used to sense one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user, the inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user being based, at least in part, on the one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user sensed by the one or more sensors comprises:

means for acquiring an identity for at least one of a galvanic skin sensor device, heart rate sensor device, a blood pressure sensor device, or a respiration sensor device used to sense the one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user.

197. The computationally-implemented system of claim 191, wherein said means for acquiring source identity data providing one or more identities of one or more sensors used to sense one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user, the inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user being based, at least in part, on the one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user sensed by the one or more sensors comprises:

means for acquiring an identity for at least one of a facial expression sensor device, a skin characteristic sensor device, a voice response device, a gaze tracking device, or an iris response device used to sense the one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user.

198. The computationally-implemented system of claim 138, wherein said means for associating the inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user with the particular item comprises:

means for including into the electronic message the inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user.

200. The computationally-implemented system of claim 198, wherein said means for including into the electronic message the inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user comprises:

means for including into to the electronic message a time stamp associated with the inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user, the time stamp corresponding to a time stamp associated with an action performed by the authoring user in connection with the particular item.

204. The computationally-implemented system of claim 198, wherein said means for including into the electronic message the inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user comprises:

means for including into the electronic message inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user that was obtained based, at least in part, on one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user sensed during or proximate to an action executed in connection with the particular item and performed, at least in part, by the authoring user.

207. The computationally-implemented system of claim 204, wherein said means for including into the electronic message inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user that was obtained based, at least in part, on one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user sensed during or proximate to an action executed in connection with the particular item and performed, at least in part, by the authoring user comprises:

means for including into the electronic message inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user that was obtained based on at least one cerebral characteristic of the authoring user sensed during or proximate to an action in connection with the particular item and performed, at least in part, by the authoring user.

208. The computationally-implemented system of claim 204, wherein said means for including into the electronic message inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user that was obtained based, at least in part, on one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user sensed during or proximate to an action executed in connection with the particular item and performed, at least in part, by the authoring user comprises:

means for including into the electronic message inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user that was obtained based on at least one cardiopulmonary characteristic of the authoring user sensed during or proximate to an action in connection with the particular item and performed, at least in part, by the authoring user.

209. The computationally-implemented system of claim 204, wherein said means for including into the electronic message inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user that was obtained based, at least in part, on one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user sensed during or proximate to an action executed in connection with the particular item and performed, at least in part, by the authoring user comprises:

means for including into the electronic message inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user that was obtained based on at least one systemic physiological characteristic of the authoring user sensed during or proximate to an action in connection with the particular item and performed, at least in part, by the authoring user.

210. The computationally-implemented system of claim 204, wherein said means for including into the electronic message inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user that was obtained based, at least in part, on one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user sensed during or proximate to an action executed in connection with the particular item and performed, at least in part, by the authoring user comprises:

means for including into the electronic message inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user that was obtained based, at least in part, on at least one of galvanic skin response, heart rate, blood pressure, or respiration of the authoring user sensed during or proximate to the action in connection with the particular item.

211. The computationally-implemented system of claim 204, wherein said means for including into the electronic message inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user that was obtained based, at least in part, on one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user sensed during or proximate to an action executed in connection with the particular item and performed, at least in part, by the authoring user comprises:

means for including into the electronic message inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user that was obtained based, at least in part, on at least one of blood oxygen or blood volume changes of a brain of the authoring user sensed during or proximate to the action in connection with the particular item.

212. The computationally-implemented system of claim 204, wherein said means for including into the electronic message inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user that was obtained based, at least in part, on one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user sensed during or proximate to an action executed in connection with the particular item and performed, at least in part, by the authoring user comprises:

means for including into the electronic message inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user that was obtained based, at least in part, on electrical activity of a brain associated with the authoring user.

213. The computationally-implemented system of claim 204, wherein said means for including into the electronic message inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user that was obtained based, at least in part, on one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user sensed during or proximate to an action executed in connection with the particular item and performed, at least in part, by the authoring user comprises:

means for including into the electronic message inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user that was obtained based, at least in part, on at least one of facial expression, skin characteristic, voice characteristic, eye movement, or iris dilation of the authoring user sensed during or proximate to the action in connection with the particular item.

216. The computationally-implemented system of claim 204, wherein said means for including into the electronic message inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user that was obtained based, at least in part, on one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user sensed during or proximate to an action executed in connection with the particular item and performed, at least in part, by the authoring user comprises:

means for including into the electronic message an indication of an action in connection with the particular item and performed, at least in part, by the authoring user.

247. The computationally-implemented system of claim 138, wherein said means for associating the source identity data providing one or more identities of the one or more sources with the particular item comprises:

means for including into the electronic message the source identity data providing one or more identities of the one or more sources.

248. The computationally-implemented system of claim 247, wherein said means for including into the electronic message the source identity data providing one or more identities of the one or more sources comprises:

means for including into the electronic message an identity associated with the authoring user.

249. The computationally-implemented system of claim 247, wherein said means for including into the electronic message the source identity data providing one or more identities of the one or more sources comprises:

means for including into the electronic message an identity associated with an inference technique or model used to derive the inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user.

250. The computationally-implemented system of claim 247, wherein said means for including into the electronic message the source identity data providing one or more identities of the one or more sources comprises:

means for including into the electronic message an identity associated with a database or library used to derive the inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user.

251. The computationally-implemented system of claim 247, wherein said means for including into the electronic message the source identity data providing one or more identities of the one or more sources comprises:

means for including into the electronic message source identity data providing one or more identities of one or more sensors used to sense one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user, the inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user being based, at least in part, on the one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user sensed by the one or more sensors.

252. The computationally-implemented system of claim 251, wherein said means for including into the electronic message source identity data providing one or more identities of one or more sensors used to sense one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user, the inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user being based, at least in part, on the one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user sensed by the one or more sensors comprises:

means for including into the electronic message an identity for at least a functional magnetic resonance image (fMRI) device that was used to sense the one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user.

253. The computationally-implemented system of claim 251, wherein said means for including into the electronic message source identity data providing one or more identities of one or more sensors used to sense one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user, the inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user being based, at least in part, on the one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user sensed by the one or more sensors comprises:

means for including into the electronic message an identity for at least a functional near infrared (fNIR) device that was used to sense the one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user.

254. The computationally-implemented system of claim 251, wherein said means for including into the electronic message source identity data providing one or more identities of one or more sensors used to sense one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user, the inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user being based, at least in part, on the one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user sensed by the one or more sensors comprises:

means for including into the electronic message an identity for at least a magnetoencephalography (MEG) device that was used to sense the one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user.

255. The computationally-implemented system of claim 251, wherein said means for including into the electronic message source identity data providing one or more identities of one or more sensors used to sense one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user, the inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user being based, at least in part, on the one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user sensed by the one or more sensors comprises:

means for including into the electronic message an identity for at least an electroencephalography (EEG) device that was used to sense the one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user.

256. The computationally-implemented system of claim 251, wherein said means for including into the electronic message source identity data providing one or more identities of one or more sensors used to sense one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user, the inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user being based, at least in part, on the one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user sensed by the one or more sensors comprises:

means for including into the electronic message an identity for at least one of a galvanic skin sensor device, a heart rate sensor device, a blood pressure sensor device, or a respiration sensor device used to sense the one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user.

257. The computationally-implemented system of claim 251, wherein said means for including into the electronic message source identity data providing one or more identities of one or more sensors used to sense one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user, the inference data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user being based, at least in part, on the one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user sensed by the one or more sensors comprises:

means for including into the electronic message an identity for at least one of a facial expression sensor device, a skin characteristic sensor device, a voice response device, a gaze tracking device, or an iris response device used to sense the one or more physical characteristics of the authoring user.

258. The computationally-implemented system of claim 138, wherein said means for associating the source identity data providing one or more identities of the one or more sources with the particular item comprises:

means for associating the source identity data providing one or more identities of the one or more sources with the particular item in response to a request by the authoring user.

259. The computationally-implemented system of claim 138, wherein said means for associating the source identity data providing one or more identities of the one or more sources with the particular item comprises:

means for associating the source identity data providing one or more identities of the one or more sources with the particular item in response to a transmission of the electronic message.

260. The computationally-implemented system of claim 138, wherein said means for associating the source identity data providing one or more identities of the one or more sources with the particular item comprises:

means for associating the source identity data providing one or more identities of the one or more sources with the particular item in response to a storing of the electronic message.

261. The computationally-implemented system of claim 138, wherein said means for associating the source identity data providing one or more identities of the one or more sources with the particular item comprises:

means for associating the source identity data providing one or more identities of the one or more sources with the particular item in response to an action executed in connection with the particular item and performed, at least in part, by the authoring user.

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