Selecting a second content based on a user's reaction to a first content

• US 8,112,407 B2
• Filed: 10/26/2007
• Issued: 02/07/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Jung, Edward K. Y., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Rinaldo, John D. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, PHONG H
• Application Number:
  US11/978,206
• Publication Number:
  US 20090112810A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,565 Days
• Field of Search: 707/3, 707/104.1, 707/706, 707/758, 705/10, 705/14.4
• US Class Current: 707/706
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9032 Query formulation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements

Abstract

Embodiments include a device, a system, a computer program product, and a method. A system embodiment includes: a display surface operable to display electronic content in a manner perceivable by a person; a sensor apparatus operable to acquire data indicative of a response by the person to a first electronic content displayed on the surface; an analytic circuit operable determine an indication of an expression by the person corresponding with the displayed first electronic content—the determination based on the data indicative of a response; a characterization circuit operable to determine an attribute of the displayed first electronic content; a query circuit operable to cause a search for a second electronic content corresponding to the indication of expression and to the attribute of the first electronic content; and a chooser circuit operable to select the second electronic content from a result of the search.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a display surface operable to display electronic content in a manner perceivable by a person;

a sensor apparatus operable to acquire sensor data indicative of a response by the person to a first electronic content displayed on the display surface, the acquired sensor data to not include data directly inputted by the person using a user direct-input device;

an analytic circuit operable to determine an indication of an expression by the person corresponding with the displayed first electronic content, the determination based on the acquired sensor data indicative of a response, the analytic circuit including a wearable/mountable sensor that includes sensor data indicative of the response;

a characterization circuit operable to determine an attribute of the displayed first electronic content;

a query circuit operable to cause a search of at least one of a Web database or a Web index for a second electronic content corresponding to the determined indication of an expression by the person corresponding with the displayed first electronic content and to the determined attribute of the first electronic content; and

a chooser circuit operable to select the second electronic content from a result of the search.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a digital storage device operable to save the selected second electronic content.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a broadcast circuit operable to facilitate a display of the first electronic content and the selected second electronic content.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a receiver circuit operable to receive a result of the initiated search.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the display surface operable to display electronic content in a manner perceivable by a person further includes:

a display surface operable to display electronic content in a manner perceivable by the person and in a manner designed to facilitate sensing a response by the person.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor apparatus operable to acquire data indicative of a response by the person to a first electronic content displayed on the surface, the acquired sensor data to not include data directly inputted by the person using a user direct-input device, further includes:

a sensor apparatus operable to acquire sensor data indicative of a physically manifested response by the person to a first electronic content displayed on the surface, the acquired sensor data to not include data directly inputted by the person using a user direct-input device.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the analytic circuit operable determine an indication of an expression by the person corresponding with the displayed first electronic content, the determination based on the acquired sensor data indicative of a response, the analytic circuit including a wearable/mountable sensor that includes sensor data indicative of the response, further includes:

an analytic circuit operable determine an indication of an emotional expression by the person corresponding with the displayed first electronic content, the determination based on the acquired sensor data indicative of a response, the analytic circuit including a wearable/mountable sensor that includes sensor data indicative of the response.

14. The system of claim 1 wherein the analytic circuit operable to determine an indication of an expression by the person corresponding with the displayed first electronic content, the determination based on the acquired sensor data indicative of a response, the analytic circuit including a wearable/mountable sensor that includes sensor data indicative of the response comprises:

an analytic circuit operable to determine an indication of an expression by the person corresponding with the displayed first electronic content, the determination based on the acquired sensor data indicative of a response, and the indication of an expression being at least one of a physical reaction, a facial expression, or an emotional response, the analytic circuit including a wearable/mountable sensor that includes sensor data indicative of the response.

15. The system of claim 1 wherein the sensor apparatus operable to acquire sensor data indicative of a response by the person to a first electronic content displayed on the display surface, the acquired sensor data to not include data directly inputted by the person using a user direct-input device and the characterization circuit operable to determine an attribute of the displayed first electronic content respectively comprise:

a sensor apparatus operable to acquire sensor data indicative of a response by the person to a first electronic content displayed on the display surface, the acquired sensor data to not include data directly inputted by the person using a user direct-input device, and wherein the first electronic content includes at least one of an Internet search result, a hard drive search result, a directory search result of locally stored files, or broadcast sound; and

the characterization circuit operable to determine a content attribute of the displayed first electronic content, wherein the characterization circuit is further operable to determine the content attribute after the acquisition by the sensor apparatus of the sensor data indicative of the response by the person to the first electronic content, and wherein the determined content attribute of the first electronic content includes at least one of category, tag, subject, color, texture, or theme attribute of the displayed first electronic content.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor apparatus operable to acquire sensor data indicative of a response by the person to a first electronic content displayed on the surface, the acquired sensor data to not include data directly inputted by the person using a user direct-input device, further includes:

a sensor apparatus operable to acquire sensor data indicative of a physically manifested response by the person to a first electronic content displayed on the surface, the acquired sensor data to not include data directly inputted by the person using a user direct-input device, the acquired sensor data indicating at least one of a quality or a manner of the person'"'"'s input of data using the direct-input device.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the query circuit operable to cause a search of at least one of a Web database or a Web index for a second electronic content corresponding to the determined indication of an expression by the person corresponding with the displayed first electronic content and to the determined attribute of the first electronic content comprises:

a query circuit operable to cause a Web search engine to conduct an Internet search of at least one of a Web database or a Web index for a second electronic content that shares the determined content attribute, using at least one search parameter based at least on the determined indication of an expression by the person corresponding with the displayed first electronic content and further based at least on the determined attribute of the first electronic content.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein the query circuit operable to cause a search of at least one of a Web database or a Web index for a second electronic content corresponding to the determined indication of an expression by the person corresponding with the displayed first electronic content and to the determined attribute of the first electronic content comprises:

a query circuit operable to cause a search of at least one of a Web database or a Web index for a second electronic content that does not share the determined content attribute, using at least one search parameter based at least on the determined indication of an expression by the person corresponding with the displayed first electronic content and further based at least on the determined attribute of the first electronic content.

8. A computer program product comprising:

(a) program instructions operable to perform a process in a computing device, the process comprising;

sense a reaction by a person to a displayed first content, the sensed reaction to not include data directly inputted by the person using a user direct-input device, the sensing of the reaction to be sensed, at least in part, by sensing with a wearable/mountable sensor that includes sensor data indicative of the response;

determine a content attribute of the displayed first content;

facilitate a search of at least one of a Web database or a Web index for a second content based on the sensed reaction by the person to the displayed first content and on the determined content attribute;

select the second content from a result of the facilitated search; and

save data indicative of the selected second content; and

(b) a computer-readable storage medium bearing the program instructions.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the process further comprises facilitating a display of the selected second content.

10. An electronic device comprising:

means for sensing a reaction by a person to a displayed first content, the sensed reaction to not include data directly inputted by the person using a user direct-input device, the means for sensing to include a wearable/mountable sensor that includes sensor data indicative of the response;

means for determining a content attribute of the displayed first content;

means for facilitating a search of at least one of a Web database or a Web index for a second content based on the sensed reaction by the person to the displayed first content and on the determined content attribute;

means for selecting the second content from a result of the facilitated search; and

means for displaying the second content in a manner perceivable by the person.

11. A system comprising:

a display surface operable to display electronic content in a manner perceivable by a person;

a sensor apparatus operable to acquire sensor data indicative of a response by the person to a first electronic content displayed on the display surface, the acquired sensor data to not include data directly inputted by the person using a user direct-input device;

an analytic circuit operable to determine an indication of an emotional expression by the person corresponding with the displayed first electronic content, the determination based on the acquired sensor data indicative of a response, the analytic circuit including a wearable/mountable sensor that includes sensor data indicative of the response;

a characterization circuit operable to determine an attribute of the displayed first electronic content, the determined content attribute to include at least one of a category, tag, subject, color, texture, or theme attribute of the displayed first content;

a query circuit operable to cause a search of at least one of a Web database or a Web index for a second electronic content corresponding to the determined indication of an expression by the person corresponding with the displayed first electronic content and to the determined attribute of the first electronic content; and

a chooser circuit operable to select the second electronic content from a result of the search.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein the analytic circuit operable determine an indication of an emotional expression by the person corresponding with the displayed first electronic content, the determination based on the sensor data indicative of a response, the analytic circuit including a wearable/mountable sensor that includes sensor data indicative of the response, comprises:

a wearable/mountable sensor that includes sensor data acquired by functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) indicative of the response.

13. A system comprising:

a display surface operable to display electronic content in a manner perceivable by a person;

a sensor apparatus operable to acquire sensor data indicative of a response by the person to a first electronic content displayed on the display surface, the acquired sensor data to include at least some data not directly inputted by the person using a user direct-input device;

an analytic circuit operable to determine an indication of an expression by the person corresponding with the displayed first electronic content, the determination based on the acquired sensor data indicative of a response, the analytic circuit including a wearable/mountable sensor that includes sensor data indicative of the response;

a characterization circuit operable to determine a content attribute of the displayed first electronic content, the characterization circuit further operable to determine the content attribute after the acquisition by the sensor apparatus of the sensor data indicative of the response by the person to the first electronic content;

a query circuit operable to cause a search of at least one of a Web database or a Web index for a second electronic content using at least one search parameter based at least on the determined indication of an expression by the person corresponding with the displayed first electronic content and further based at least on the determined attribute of the first electronic content; and

a chooser circuit operable to select the second electronic content from a result of the search.