DETERMINING AND COMMUNICATING USER'S EMOTIONAL STATE
First Claim
1. A system to determine an emotional state of a user, the system comprising:
- a data acquisition unit configured to detect user information, the user information including physiological and non-physiological data associated with the user;
an emotion determination unit operatively connected to the data acquisition unit and configured to process the user information to determine an emotional state of the user; and
an emotion reporting unit configured to communicate the emotional state based on a predetermined reporting preference to an application of a communication device, wherein the application is configured to share the emotional state of the user such that an entity is notified of the user'"'"'s emotional state.
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Abstract
According to various aspects of the present disclosure, a system and associated method and functions to determine an emotional state of a user are disclosed. In some embodiments, the disclosed system includes a data acquisition unit, an emotion determination unit, and an emotion reporting unit. The data acquisition unit is configured to detect user information including physiological and non-physiological data associated with the user. The emotion determination unit is operatively connected to the data acquisition unit, and is configured to process the user information to determine an emotional state of the user. The emotion reporting unit is configured to communicate the emotional state based on a predetermined reporting preference to an application of a communication device, e.g., a social-networking application to share the emotional state of the user such that other members of the social network associated with the user are notified of the user'"'"'s emotional state.
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1. A system to determine an emotional state of a user, the system comprising:
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a data acquisition unit configured to detect user information, the user information including physiological and non-physiological data associated with the user; an emotion determination unit operatively connected to the data acquisition unit and configured to process the user information to determine an emotional state of the user; and an emotion reporting unit configured to communicate the emotional state based on a predetermined reporting preference to an application of a communication device, wherein the application is configured to share the emotional state of the user such that an entity is notified of the user'"'"'s emotional state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method to determine an emotional state of a user, the method comprising:
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detecting user information, the user information including physiological and non-physiological data associated with the user; processing the user information to determine an emotional state of the user; and communicating the emotional state based on a predetermined reporting preference to an application of a communication device associated with the user, wherein the application is configured to share the emotional state of the user such that an entity is notified of the user'"'"'s emotional state. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer-readable medium comprising computer readable code physically embodied thereon which, when executed by a processor causes the processor to carry out functions comprising:
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detecting user information, the user information including physiological and non-physiological data associated with the user; processing the user information to determine an emotional state of the user; and communicating the emotional state based on a predetermined reporting preference to an application of a communication device associated with the user, wherein the application is configured to share the emotional state of the user such that an entity is notified of the user'"'"'s emotional state. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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