Targeting Advertisements Based on Emotion
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method to determine emotional states of users that receive advertisements on client devices, the method comprising:
- monitoring a user'"'"'s online activity during a time period;
processing the online activity to identify a tone associated with content that the user interacted with during the time period;
receiving an indication of the user'"'"'s reaction to the content; and
assigning an emotional state to the user based on the tone of the content and the indication of the user'"'"'s reaction to the content.
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Abstract
A computer system, a computer-implemented method, and computer readable media configured to target advertisements based on emotional states are provided. Advertisers specify desired emotional states of users they intend to target with advertisements. Advertisers also provide emotional tags having the desired emotional state of users that should see the advertisements linked to the emotional tags. Online activities for users are obtained and processed to assign emotional states to the users. An advertisement engine selects advertisements that are emotionally compatible based on the assigned emotional states and the desired emotional states provided by the advertisers.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method to determine emotional states of users that receive advertisements on client devices, the method comprising:
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monitoring a user'"'"'s online activity during a time period; processing the online activity to identify a tone associated with content that the user interacted with during the time period; receiving an indication of the user'"'"'s reaction to the content; and assigning an emotional state to the user based on the tone of the content and the indication of the user'"'"'s reaction to the content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer system, the computer system comprising:
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an emotional state database configured to store the emotional states assigned to users; an advertisement database configured to store advertisements and targeting information; and an advertisement engine configured to receive the targeting information, wherein the targeting information includes the desired emotional states of users that advertisers intend to target, and the advertisement engine; processes a request for an advertisement, wherein the request includes an identifier for a user, checks the emotional state database having user identifiers and assigned emotional states to determine the assigned emotional state of the user associated with the identifier included in the request, if the user identifier is in the emotional state database, the advertisement engine retrieves the assigned emotional state of the user and selects from the advertisement database advertisements based on the desired emotional state and the other targeting criteria, wherein the other targeting criteria is related to the user or content, if the user identifier is not in the emotional state database, the advertisement engine selects an advertisement based on the other targeting criteria, and transmits the selected advertisement based on monetization value. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. One or more computer readable media storing computer-useable instructions to determine an emotional state, the method comprising:
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monitoring a user'"'"'s online activity during a time period; processing the online activity to identify a tone associated with content that the user interacted with during the time period; receiving an indication of the user'"'"'s reaction to the content; and assigning an emotional state to the user based on the tone of the content and the indication of the user'"'"'s reaction to the content. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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