Affective control of information systems
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1. An information system under affective control, comprising:
- an application program with which a user is actively engaged;
means for determining the apparent affective state of the user;
means for changing the output of the application program responsive to the apparent affective state of the user;
wherein said application program comprises means of user input;
wherein said user input is text; and
wherein said means for changing the operation of the application program comprises means for changing the appearance of text input by the user if the apparent affective state of the user indicates that text output by the application program should be marked.
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Abstract
An information system that determines the apparent emotional state of the user and, based upon that determination, reacts appropriately. Appropriate reactions of the system include marking user text input to convey the apparent emotional state of the user to recipients. Other embodiments incorporate reactions of the system that warn or prompt a user, prior to system execution of a user directed operation, when the system has determined that the apparent emotional state of the user merits a warning or a prompt.
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1. An information system under affective control, comprising:
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an application program with which a user is actively engaged; means for determining the apparent affective state of the user; means for changing the output of the application program responsive to the apparent affective state of the user; wherein said application program comprises means of user input; wherein said user input is text; and wherein said means for changing the operation of the application program comprises means for changing the appearance of text input by the user if the apparent affective state of the user indicates that text output by the application program should be marked. - 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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21. A method of processing text indicating the emotional state of the writer at the time of writing, comprising the steps of:
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(a) accepting text input from the writer; (b) determining the apparent emotional state of the writer; (c) marking the appearance of at least a portion of the text accepted from the writer if the apparent emotional state of the writer indicates that the text should be marked; and (d) outputting marked text, thereby indicating the apparent emotional state of the writer. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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24. An information system, comprising:
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an application program for engaging by a user; means for monitoring factors relating to an emotional state of the user; and means for changing the operation of the application program responsive to the emotional state of the user; wherein said means for changing the operation of the application program comprises means for changing the appearance of text input by the user if the apparent affective state of the user indicates that the text input by the user should be marked. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An information system under affective control comprising:
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an application program with which a user is actively engaged; means for determining the apparent affective state of the user; and means for changing the operation of the application program responsive to the apparent affective state of the user; wherein the means for determining the apparent affective state of the user comprises a manual input device capable of measuring a degree of force applied by the user to the manual input device; wherein the manual input device comprises a keyboard capable of measuring a degree of force applied by the user to a key on the keyboard.
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31. An information system under affective control comprising:
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an application program with which a user is actively engaged; means for determining the apparent affective state of the user; and means for changing the operation of the application program responsive to the apparent affective state of the user; wherein the means for determining the apparent affective state of the user comprises a manual input device capable of measuring degree of force applied by the user to the manual input device; wherein the manual input device comprises a computer mouse capable of measuring a degree of force applied by the user to a button on the mouse.
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