Method for Transmitting Information for a Collective Rendering of Information on Emotions

• US 20100099955A1
• Filed: 02/22/2008
• Published: 04/22/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Original Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Inventors: Thomas, Henry, Guegan, Delphine, Jumpertz, Sylvie
• Application Number:
  US12/527,747
• Publication Number:
  US 20100099955A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1827 Network arrangements for conference optimisation or adaptation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]

Abstract

A method is provided for transmitting information concerning at least two persons. The method for transmitting information inside a group includes at least the following steps: obtaining emotional conditions associated with the persons; converting each of the emotional conditions into condition information; transmitting the condition information to emotion rendering device capable of associating with each person at least two predetermined conditions representative of at least two respective different emotional conditions.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting information pertaining to at least two persons, wherein the method includes at least the following steps:

obtaining emotional states associated with said persons;

transforming each of said emotional states into a piece of state information; and

transmitting said pieces of state information to emotion-rendering means capable of associating, with each person, at least two predetermined states representing at least two distinct respective emotional states.

2. The method for transmitting pieces of information according to claim 1, wherein the method comprises a step for putting at least one second person into communication with a first person who has preliminarily declared his emotional state.

3. The method for transmitting pieces of information according to claim 1, wherein the obtaining step comprises a step of declaration, by at least one of said persons, of his emotional state.

4. The method for transmitting pieces of information according to claim 3, wherein the declaring step comprises a step of associating a date of creation with said emotional state.

5. The method for transmitting pieces of information according to claim 4, wherein the step of transforming comprises a step of adapting the state information as a function of said date of creation.

6. The method for transmitting pieces of information according to any claim 1, wherein the method comprises a step of identifying persons belonging to a group comprising the following steps:

obtaining an identifier of said group;

searching within a database for an identity of each of the persons belonging to said group by said identifier.

7. The method for transmitting pieces of information according to claim 1 wherein, during the transforming step, said emotional state is converted into a control signal that can be interpreted by the emotion-rendering means.

8. The method for transmitting pieces of information according to claim 1, wherein the method comprises a step of rendering said emotional state information acting on at least one illumination of at least one part of a rendering element, in effecting variation in at least one of the parameters belonging to the group comprising:

color;

intensity;

pulsation.

9. The method for transmitting pieces of information according to any claim 1, wherein said rendering means comprising means for entry of at least one emotional state, said obtaining step comprises a step of entry of an emotional state by selection, using said entry means, of one state among a set of at least two predetermined states.

10. A system for transmitting information pertaining to at least two persons, wherein the system comprises:

means for obtaining emotional states associated with said persons;

means for transforming each emotional state into a piece of state information; and

means for transmitting said state information to emotion-rendering means capable of associating, with each person, at least two predetermined states representing at least two distinct respective emotional states.

11. A rendering terminal comprising:

means for rendering emotions capable of associating, with at least two persons, at least two respective rendering elements each capable of taking at least two predetermined states representing at least two distinct emotional states;

means for receiving at least two pieces of state information obtained by transformation of at least two associated emotional states; and

means for selecting a state of at least two of said rendering elements as a function of said pieces of state information.

12. The rendering terminal according to claim 11, wherein said rendering means comprise a luminous frame.

13. The rendering terminal according to claim 11, wherein said emotion-rendering means comprise a screen to represent the image of at least one avatar associated with one of said persons.

14. The rendering terminal according to claim 13, wherein each avatar is constituted by a fish included in an aquarium and the state information associated therewith is rendered by at least one of the display parameters belonging to the group comprising:

color of said fish;

shape of an eye of the fish;

position of fins of the fish;

emission of bubbles;

swimming speed;

amplitude of movement;

swimming depth.

15. The rendering terminal according to claim 11, wherein said emotional state is rendered according to a user'"'"'s capabilities of perception.

16. A server for managing pieces of information pertaining to at least two persons, wherein the server comprises:

means for obtaining an emotional state associated with each of said persons;

means for transforming each of said emotional states into a state information on emotions; and

means for transmitting said state information on emotions to emotion-rendering means capable of associating, with each person, at least two predetermined states representing at least two distinct respective emotional states.

17. A computer program product stored on a computer-readable carrier, wherein the product comprises program code instructions for execution of all or part of the steps of of a method for transmitting information pertaining to at least two persons when the instructions are executed on a computer, wherein the method comprises:

obtaining emotional states associated with said persons;

transforming each of said emotional states into a piece of state information; and

transmitting said pieces of state information to emotion-rendering means capable of associating, with each person, at least two predetermined states representing at least two distinct respective emotional states.