Contextual Inference of Non-Verbal Expressions

• US 20160085802A1
• Filed: 09/22/2014
• Published: 03/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Rios, Roque III, Walsh, Kenneth
• Granted Patent: US 10,540,348 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/245 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/68 Gesture-dependent or behaviour-dependent

Abstract

Contextual awareness is used to reveal non-verbal expressions. A current context of a device is evaluated to infer a user'"'"'s body posture and emotional state. The user'"'"'s body posture and emotional state may then be used for improved services and targeted advertising.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions that when executed cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

determining a context associated with a time and a location of an identifier of a device;

storing a body language database that maps different contexts to different human body postures;

querying the body language database for the context; and

retrieving one of the different human body postures associated with the context.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a characterization of the one of the different human body postures.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving an emotional state related to the one of the different human body postures.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a hand orientation associated with the one of the different human body postures.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a forearm orientation associated with the one of the different human body postures.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving an advertisement associated with the one of the different human body postures.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise authenticating the device based on the one of the different human body postures.

8. A method, comprising:

determining, by a processor, a context associated with a time and a location of an identifier of a device;

storing, in memory, a body language database that maps different contexts to different human body postures; and

retrieving, by the processor, one of the different human body postures from the body language database that is associated with the context.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising retrieving a characterization of the one of the different human body postures.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising retrieving an emotional state related to the one of the different human body postures.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising retrieving a hand orientation associated with the one of the different human body postures.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising retrieving a forearm orientation associated with the one of the different human body postures.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising retrieving an advertisement associated with the one of the different human body postures.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising authenticating the device based on the one of the different human body postures.

15. A memory storing instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

determining a context associated with a time and a location of an identifier of a device;

storing a body language database that maps different contexts to different human body postures;

querying the body language database for the context; and

retrieving one of the different human body postures associated with the context.

16. The memory of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a characterization of the one of the different human body postures.

17. The memory of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving an emotional state related to the one of the different human body postures.

18. The memory of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a hand orientation associated with the one of the different human body postures.

19. The memory of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a forearm orientation associated with the one of the different human body postures.

20. The memory of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving an advertisement associated with the one of the different human body postures.