Content-sensitive notification icons

• US 9,460,473 B2
• Filed: 06/26/2012
• Issued: 10/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: DeLuca, Lisa Seacat, Nesbitt, Pamela A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bates, Kevin
• Assistant Examiner(s): MCCRAY, CLARENCE D
• Application Number:
  US13/533,299
• Publication Number:
  US 20130346515A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,561 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1895 for short real-time information, e.g. alarms, notifications, alerts, updates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services

Abstract

Methods and systems may provide for receiving a message, determining a mood condition for the message, and generating a message notification icon based on the mood condition. In one example, the mood condition estimates one or more of a mood of the sender of the message and a mood impact of the message on a recipient of the message. Moreover, one or more additional messages may be received, wherein one or more additional mood conditions are determined for the additional messages, and the mood conditions are combined to form an aggregate mood condition. The message notification icon may be further generated based on the aggregate mood condition.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method comprising:

receiving, by a circuit that is in communication with a remote server via a network, a first message from a sender, wherein the message is an electronic message that is transmitted over the network;

identifying, by a circuit, one or more words in the first message;

applying, by a circuit, at a recipient-side one or more of a semantic analysis and a predetermined word-mood relationship to the one or more words in the first message to determine a first mood condition;

identifying, by a circuit, the sender of the first message;

applying, by a circuit, a predetermined recipient-defined sender-mood relationship to the sender to further determine the first mood condition, wherein the first mood condition is utilized at the recipient-side and estimates a mood of the sender of the first message and a mood impact of the first message on the recipient of the first message;

generating, by a circuit, a message notification icon with respect to the first message at the recipient-side based on the first mood condition and providing said message notification icon to the recipient on the recipient-side; and

modifying the message notification icon of the first message according to mood condition over time as new messages are received.

2. The method of claim 1, further including:

receiving one or more additional messages;

determining one or more additional mood conditions for the one or more additional messages; and

combining the first mood condition of the first message with the one or more additional mood conditions to form an aggregate mood condition, wherein the message notification icon is generated based on the aggregate mood condition, and wherein the first message and the one or more additional messages include one of text messages, emails, instant messages, wall posts and voice transcripts.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first message and at least one of the one or more additional messages originate from different senders, and the different senders are members of a user defined group.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first message and the one or more additional messages originate from a same sender.

5. The method of claim 1, further including:

identifying a plurality of words in the first message, wherein the plurality of words are associated with different mood conditions, and wherein the first mood condition represents a combination of the different mood conditions into the first mood condition.

6. A computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium; and

computer usable code stored on the computer readable storage medium, where, if executed by a processor, the computer usable code causes a computer to;

receive, by a circuit, a first message from a sender, wherein the message is an electronic message;

identify, by a circuit, one or more words in the first message;

apply, by a circuit, at a recipient-side one or more of a semantic analysis and a predetermined word-mood relationship to the one or more words in the first message to determine a first mood condition;

identify, by a circuit, the sender of the first message;

apply, by a circuit, a predetermined recipient-defined sender-mood relationship to the sender to further determine the first mood condition, wherein the first mood condition is utilized at the recipient-side and is to estimate a mood of the sender of the first message and a mood impact &

the first message on the recipient &

the first message; and

generate, by a circuit, a message notification icon with respect to the first message at the recipient-side based on the first mood condition and providing said message notification icon to the recipient on the recipient-side, and

modify the message notification icon of the first message according to mood condition over time as new messages are received.

7. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the computer usable code, if executed, causes a computer to:

receive one or more additional messages;

determine one or more additional mood conditions for the one or more additional messages; and

generate an aggregate mood condition, wherein the message notification icon is to be generated based on the aggregate mood condition, and wherein the first message and the one or more additional messages are to include one of text messages, emails, instant messages, wall posts and voice transcripts.

8. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the first message and at least one of the one or more additional messages are to originate from different senders, and the different senders are to be members of a user defined group.

9. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the first message and the one or more additional messages are to originate from a same sender.

10. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the computer usable code, if executed, causes a computer to;

identify a plurality of words in the first message, wherein the plurality of words are to be associated with different mood conditions, and

wherein the first mood condition is to represent a combination of the different mood conditions.

11. A computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium; and

computer usable code stored on the computer readable storage medium, where, if executed by a processor, the computer usable code causes a computer to;

receive, by a circuit, a first message from a sender, wherein the message is an electronic message;

determine, by a circuit, at a recipient-side, a first mood condition for the first message that is to estimate a mood impact of the first message on the recipient of the first message;

apply, by a circuit, a predetermined recipient-defined sender-mood relationship to the sender at the recipient-side;

generate, by a circuit, a message notification icon with respect to the first message at the recipient-side based on the first mood condition and provide said message notification icon to the recipient on the recipient-side, and

modify the message notification icon of the first message according to mood condition over time as new messages are received.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the computer usable code, if executed, causes a computer to:

receive one or more additional messages;

determine one or more additional mood conditions for the one or more additional messages; and

combine the first mood condition of the first message with the one or more additional mood conditions to form an aggregate mood condition, wherein the message notification icon is to be generated based on the aggregate mood condition.

13. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the first message and at least one of the one or more additional messages are to originate from different senders, and the different senders are to be members of a user defined group.

14. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the first message and the one or more additional messages are to originate from a same sender.

15. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the first mood condition is to estimate one or more of a mood of a sender of the first message and a mood impact of the first message on a recipient of the first message.

16. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the computer usable code, if executed, causes a computer to:

identify one or more words in the first message; and

apply one or more of a semantic analysis and a predetermined word-mood relationship to the one or more words in the first message to determine the first mood condition.

17. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the computer usable code, if executed, causes a computer to:

identify a plurality of words in the first message, wherein the plurality of words are to be associated with different mood conditions, and

wherein the first mood condition is to represent a combination of the different mood conditions.