Translating emotion to braille, emoticons and other special symbols
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method comprising the steps of:
- receiving an emotional state indicator output from automatic emotional content analysis of a communication session, said emotional state indicator indicating an emotional state of a presenter of said communication session;
retrieving a cultural profile for said presenter;
retrieving a plurality of cultural profiles corresponding to each of a plurality of recipients to which said communication session is directed;
for each recipient to which said communication session is directed;
translating said emotional state indicator into a corresponding emoticon according to a difference between said cultural profile of said presenter and said cultural profile of said recipient;
merging said translated emoticon into a copy of said communication session; and
presenting said communication session and merged translated emoticon to said recipient.
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Abstract
A method for incorporating emotional information in a communication stream by receiving an emotional state indicator indicating an emotional state of a presenter in a communication session, retrieving a cultural profile for the presenter, retrieving a plurality of cultural profiles corresponding to each of several recipients in the communication session, for each recipient, translating the emotional state indicator into a corresponding emoticon according to a difference between the cultural profile of the presenter and the cultural profile of each recipient, merging the translated emoticon into a copy of the communication session, and presenting communication session and merged translated emoticon to each recipient.
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3 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising the steps of:
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receiving an emotional state indicator output from automatic emotional content analysis of a communication session, said emotional state indicator indicating an emotional state of a presenter of said communication session; retrieving a cultural profile for said presenter; retrieving a plurality of cultural profiles corresponding to each of a plurality of recipients to which said communication session is directed; for each recipient to which said communication session is directed; translating said emotional state indicator into a corresponding emoticon according to a difference between said cultural profile of said presenter and said cultural profile of said recipient; merging said translated emoticon into a copy of said communication session; and presenting said communication session and merged translated emoticon to said recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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