Method and apparatus for providing an emotion-based user interface
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to at least perform the following:
- initiating presentation of a plurality of descriptors on a user equipment, wherein each of the descriptors contains one or more words corresponding to an emotion of a user of the user equipment;
determining an association between one or more options and a selected one of the descriptors without user intervention;
initiating presentation of the one or more options on the user equipment;
invoking an application corresponding to a selected one of the options at the user equipment; and
initiating sharing of one or more of the descriptors and one or more associated options via a peer-to-peer protocol within a community of users.
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Abstract
An approach is provided for accessing services, applications, and content using an emotion-based user interface. Descriptors corresponding to an emotion of the user are presented to the user for selection. Selection of one of the descriptors initiates presentation of options (e.g., actions for accessing service, applications, or content available to a user device) associated with the descriptor.
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19 Claims
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to at least perform the following:
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initiating presentation of a plurality of descriptors on a user equipment, wherein each of the descriptors contains one or more words corresponding to an emotion of a user of the user equipment; determining an association between one or more options and a selected one of the descriptors without user intervention; initiating presentation of the one or more options on the user equipment; invoking an application corresponding to a selected one of the options at the user equipment; and initiating sharing of one or more of the descriptors and one or more associated options via a peer-to-peer protocol within a community of users. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following, initiate presentation of a plurality of descriptors on a user equipment, wherein each of the descriptors contains one or more words corresponding to an emotion of a user of the user equipment; determining an association between one or more options and a selected one of the descriptors without user intervention; initiate presentation of the one or more options on the user equipment; invoke an application corresponding to a selected one of the options at the user equipment; and initiate sharing of one or more of the descriptors and one or more associated options via a peer-to-peer protocol within a community of users. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18)
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16. A method comprising:
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initiating, by a processor, presentation of a plurality of descriptors on a user equipment, wherein each of the descriptors contains one or more words corresponding to an emotion of a user of the user equipment; determining an association between one or more options and a selected one of the descriptors without user intervention; initiating presentation of the one or more options on the user equipment; invoking an application corresponding to a selected one of the options at the user equipment; and initiating sharing of one or more of the descriptors and one or more associated options via a peer-to-peer protocol within a community of users. - View Dependent Claims (17, 19)
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