Mood-based settings

• US 9,858,316 B1
• Filed: 04/29/2016
• Issued: 01/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2016
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Rich Media Ventures, LLC
• Original Assignee: Rich Media Ventures, LLC
• Inventors: Cronin, John, Balthaser, Neil
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Tuan A
• Application Number:
  US15/142,124
• Time in Patent Office: 613 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24575 using context
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/252 between a Database Management System and a front-end application
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6505 storing speech in digital form
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/663 Preventing unauthorised calls to a telephone set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/74 with voice recognition means voice activated dialling H04M1/271; voice recognition algorithms G10L15/00

Abstract

The present invention includes systems and methods for providing mood-based settings. One or more mood descriptors may be received and associated with one or more items in a database. A user device may receive information regarding a user'"'"'s current mood. The user device may modify user device function based on the user'"'"'s current mood. The user device may provide to the user content associated with a mood descriptor that matches the user'"'"'s current mood. The user device may block a call when the caller is associated with a mood descriptor that matches the user'"'"'s current mood.

Claims

1. A method for providing mood-based settings, the method comprising:

receiving one or more mood inputs via a user interface of a user device for association with one or more contacts stored in a database, wherein each contact is associated with a set of one or more moods;

receiving user mood data at the user device via one or more biosensors, wherein the mood data provides information about a current user mood;

detecting a current location of the user device via a global positioning system (GPS);

receiving an indication that a caller is making a telephone call to the user device; and

executing instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by the processor;

identifies that the caller matches one of the contacts stored in the database who is associated with an identified set of one or more moods,

evaluates the associated set of one or more moods and the current user mood to identify a match, and

modifies one or more user device functions based on the identified match between the current user mood and the associated set of one or more moods, wherein at least one of the modified user device functions comprise providing one or more recommendations corresponding to the identified match and the current location of the user device, and wherein the telephone call from the caller is filtered based on a profile specifying that telephone calls from the caller are to be filtered when the current user mood matches the associated set of one or more moods.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user mood data is received from a wearable device that includes the one or more biosensors.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein a content provider provides information regarding the mood inputs to the user interface.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the user a selection regarding the mood inputs to the user interface.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein filtering the telephone call includes blocking the telephone call.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein modifying the user device functions includes playing content based on the identified match between the current user mood and the associated set of one or more moods.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving user input via a user interface regarding an updated user mood, wherein a subsequent telephone call from the caller is allowed to be connected.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising requesting confirmation of the current user mood, and wherein the received user input regarding the updated user mood was responsive to the request for confirmation.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the current location is associated with a mood.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising a wearable device comprising the one or more biosensors, wherein the user mood data is received from the wearable device.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein a content provider provides information regarding the mood inputs to the user interface.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the user provides a selection regarding the mood inputs to the user interface.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor filters the telephone call by blocking the telephone call.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor modifies the user device functions by playing content based on the identified match between the current user mood and the associated set of one or more moods.

10. A system for providing mood-based settings, the system comprising:

a user interface that receives one or more mood inputs for association with one or more contacts stored in a database, wherein each contact is associated with a set of one or more moods;

one or more biosensors that detects user mood data, wherein the mood data provides information about a current user mood,

a global positioning system (GPS) that detects a current location of the user device;

a communication interface that receives an indication that a caller is making an incoming telephone call; and

a processor that executes instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by the processor;

identifies that the caller matches one of the contacts stored in the database who is associated with an identified set of one or more moods,

evaluates the associated set of one or more moods and the current user mood to identify a match, and

modifies one or more user device functions based on the identified match between the current user mood and the associated set of one or more moods, wherein at least one of the modified user device functions comprise providing one or more recommendations corresponding to the identified match and the current location of the user device, and wherein the incoming telephone call from the caller is filtered based on a profile specifying that telephone calls from the caller are to be filtered when the current user mood matches the associated set of one or more moods.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor to perform a method for providing mood-based settings, the method comprising:

receiving one or more mood inputs via a user interface of a user device for association with one or more contacts stored in a database, wherein each contact is associated with a set of one or more moods;

receiving user mood data at the user device via one or more biosensors, wherein the mood data provides information about a current user mood;

detecting a current location of the user device via a global positioning system (GPS);

receiving an indication that a caller is making a telephone call to the user device;

identifying that the caller matches one of the contacts stored in the database who is associated with an identified set of one or more moods;

evaluating the associated set of one or more moods and the current user mood to identify a match; and

modifying one or more user device functions based on the identified match between the current user mood and the associated set of one or more moods, wherein at least one of the user device functions comprise providing one or more recommendations corresponding to the identified match and the current location of the user device, and wherein the telephone call from the caller is filtered based on a profile specifying that telephone calls from the caller are to be filtered when the current user mood matches the associated set of one or more moods.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein a content provider provides information regarding the mood inputs to the user interface.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the user provides a selection regarding the mood inputs to the user interface.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein filtering the telephone call comprises blocking the telephone call.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein modifying the user device includes playing content based on the identified match between the current user mood and the associated set of one or more moods.