Social Networking Environment with Representation of a Composite Emotional Condition for a User and/or Group of Users
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1. A social networking method, implemented over a computer network with respect to (a) a first user operating a client coupled to the network and (b) a set of other users in the user'"'"'s social network, the set having at least one member, each member of the set operating a client coupled to the network, the method using computer processes comprising:
- receiving over the network, from the first user'"'"'s client, first user data representative of the first user'"'"'s emotional condition;
receiving over the network, from each client of each of the other users in the set, outside data representative of such other user'"'"'s emotional condition;
storing the first user data and the outside data;
using the first user data and the outside data in an algorithm to generate a digital output that is representative of a composite emotional condition for the first user; and
communicating the digital output to the first user'"'"'s client over the network.
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Abstract
A social networking method, implemented over a computer network and using a computer process, generates a digital output that is representative of a composite emotional condition for a first user based on data representative of the first user'"'"'s emotional condition and data representative of such another user'"'"'s emotional condition.
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1. A social networking method, implemented over a computer network with respect to (a) a first user operating a client coupled to the network and (b) a set of other users in the user'"'"'s social network, the set having at least one member, each member of the set operating a client coupled to the network, the method using computer processes comprising:
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receiving over the network, from the first user'"'"'s client, first user data representative of the first user'"'"'s emotional condition; receiving over the network, from each client of each of the other users in the set, outside data representative of such other user'"'"'s emotional condition; storing the first user data and the outside data; using the first user data and the outside data in an algorithm to generate a digital output that is representative of a composite emotional condition for the first user; and communicating the digital output to the first user'"'"'s client over the network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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