VISUALIZING EMOTIONS AND MOOD IN A COLLABORATIVE SOCIAL NETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
First Claim
1. A method for indicating a collective emotional state of a plurality of participants to a communication, comprising:
- receiving emotional state data for each of the plurality of participants to the communication, wherein the emotional state data was collected by monitoring one or more applications the respective participant is interacting with;
determining the collective emotional state of the plurality of participants to the communication, based on the received emotional state data and a determined topic of the communication; and
providing an indication of the collective emotional state of the plurality of participants to the communication.
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Abstract
Techniques are described for conveying a collective emotional state of a plurality of participants to a communication. Embodiments receive emotional state data for each of the participants to the communication. The emotional state data for each of the participants is collected by monitoring at least one or more applications the respective participant is interacting with. An emotional state of the participants to the communication is then determined, based on the received emotional state data and a determined topic of the communication. Embodiments provide an indication of the determined emotional state of the participants.
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1. A method for indicating a collective emotional state of a plurality of participants to a communication, comprising:
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receiving emotional state data for each of the plurality of participants to the communication, wherein the emotional state data was collected by monitoring one or more applications the respective participant is interacting with; determining the collective emotional state of the plurality of participants to the communication, based on the received emotional state data and a determined topic of the communication; and providing an indication of the collective emotional state of the plurality of participants to the communication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer program product for indicating a collective emotional state of a plurality of participants to a communication, comprising:
a computer-readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising; computer readable program code to receive emotional state data for each of the plurality of participants to the communication, wherein the emotional state data was collected by monitoring one or more applications the respective participant is interacting with; computer readable program code to determine the collective emotional state of the plurality of participants to the communication, based on the received emotional state data and a determined topic of the communication; and computer readable program code to provide an indication of the collective emotional state of the plurality of participants to the communication. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory containing a program that, when executed by the processor, performs an operation for indicating a collective emotional state of a plurality of participants to a communication, comprising; receiving emotional state data for each of the plurality of participants to the communication, wherein the emotional state data was collected by monitoring one or more applications the respective participant is interacting with; determining the collective emotional state of the plurality of participants to the communication, based on the received emotional state data and a determined topic of the communication; and providing an indication of the collective emotional state of the plurality of participants to the communication. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for determining a collective emotional state of a plurality of participants to a communication, comprising:
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monitoring one or more applications a participant is interacting with during a communication to collect emotional state data for the participant; determining an emotional state of the participant, based on the collected emotional state data and a determined topic of the communication; and transmitting the determined emotional state to a host system, whereby the collective emotional state of the plurality of participants is determined based on the transmitted emotional state of the participant and one or more emotional states collected from other participants in the plurality of participants.
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