Determining a mood for a group

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12243318-B2
Application number	US-202318329880-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 6, 2023
Priority date	Apr 20, 2015
Publication date	Mar 4, 2025
Grant date	Mar 4, 2025

Abstract

A system and method for determining a mood for a crowd is disclosed. In example embodiments, a method includes identifying an event that includes two or more attendees, receiving at least one indicator representing emotions of attendees, determining a numerical value for each of the indicators, and aggregating the numerical values to determine an aggregate mood of the attendees of the event.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by one or more processors over a computer network, messages from one or more sources comprising mobile computing devices within a given location, the mobile computing devices associated with respective social network members, the messages being exchanged between the social network members using the mobile computing devices, and one or more of the messages comprising one or more images of one or more faces of attendees of an event;
computing, by the one or more processors, a number of the messages within the given location received from the one or more sources;
comparing, by the one or more processors, the number of the messages within the given location received from the one or more sources to a threshold number of messages;
in response to determining that the number of the messages within the given location received from the one or more sources exceeds the threshold number of messages, determining, by the one or more processors, a mood of the messages within the given location received from the one or more sources based on content included in the messages based on a determined numerical value representing an intensity of emotion for the one or more images based on a distribution of points on the one or more faces of the attendees within the one or more images; and
generating a visual representation of the determined mood of the messages.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that the given location of the one or more sources is within a threshold distance of a geographic location; and
registering the event at the geographic location in response to determining that the number of the messages received from the one or more sources at the given location exceeds the threshold number of messages.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
causing display of a chart that is based on an aggregation of the numerical value.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the visual representation comprises:
generating a chart that displays a plurality of separate indicators for the attendees of the event having different demographical characteristics, a first indicator of the plurality of separate indicators comprising a video; and
determining a numerical value for the chart based on a magnitude of an audio signal included with the video.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to determining that a quantity number of the messages fails to exceed the threshold number of messages, awaiting receipt of additional messages before determining the mood.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting an aggregate mood to a device of a host for the event at the given location.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining an aggregate mood of the attendees at the given location over a period of time.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising plotting an aggregate mood of the attendees at the given location.

9. A system comprising:
hardware processing circuitry; and
a hardware memory storing instructions that when executed configure the hardware processing circuitry to perform operations comprising:
receiving, over a computer network, messages within a given location from one or more sources comprising mobile computing devices, the mobile computing devices associated with respective social network members, the messages being exchanged between the social network members using the mobile computing devices, and one or more of the messages comprising one or more images of one or more faces of attendees of an event;
computing a number of the messages within the given location received from the one or more sources;
comparing the number of the messages received from the one or more sources to a threshold number of messages;
in response to determining that the number of the messages within the given location received from the one or more sources exceeds the threshold number of messages, determining a mood of the messages received from the one or more sources based on content included in the messages based on a determined numerical value representing an intensity of emotion for the one or more images based on a distribution of points on the one or more faces of the attendees within the one or more images; and
generating a visual representation of the determined mood of the messages.

10. The system of claim 9 , the operations further comprising:
determining that the given location of the one or more sources is within a threshold distance of a geographic location; and
registering the event at the geographic location in response to determining that the number of the messages received from the one or more sources at the given location exceeds the threshold number of messages.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein a given message of the messages includes one or more indicators comprising an image of a face of an attendee of the event, and the operations further comprise:
causing display of a chart that is based on an aggregation of the numerical value.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein generating the visual representation comprises:
generating a chart that displays a plurality of separate indicators for the attendees of the event having different demographical characteristics, a first indicator of the plurality of separate indicators comprising a video; and
determining a numerical value for the chart based on a magnitude of an audio signal included with the video.

13. The system of claim 9 , the operations further comprising:
in response to determining that a quantity number of the messages fails to exceed the threshold number of messages, awaiting receipt of additional messages before determining the mood.

14. The system of claim 9 , the operations further comprising transmitting an aggregate mood to a device of a host for the event at the given location.

15. The system of claim 9 , the operations further comprising determining an aggregate mood of the attendees at the given location over a period of time.

16. The system of claim 9 , the operations further comprising plotting an aggregate mood of the attendees at the given location.

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising non-transitory computer readable instructions for performing operations comprising:
receiving, over a computer network, messages within a given location from one or more sources comprising mobile computing devices, the mobile computing devices associated with respective social network members, the messages being exchanged between the social network members using the mobile computing devices, and one or more of the messages comprising one or more images of one or more faces of attendees of an event;
computing a number of the messages within the given location received from the one or more sources;
comparing the number of the messages received from the one or more sources to a threshold number of messages;
in response to determining that the number of the messages within the given location received from the one or more sources exceeds the threshold number of messages, determining a mood of the messages received from the one or more sources based on content included in the messages based on a determined numerical value representing an intensity of emotion for the one or more images based on a distribution of points on the one or more faces of the attendees within the one or more images; and
generating a visual representation of the determined mood of the messages.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the operatio

Assignees

• Snap Inc

Inventors

• Chang Sheldon

Classifications

• G06V40/176

  Dynamic expression · CPC title

• G06V40/175 Primary

  Static expression · CPC title

• G06V40/20

  Movements or behaviour, e.g. gesture recognition (recognition of facial expressions G06V40/16) · CPC title

• G06F2203/011

  Emotion or mood input determined on the basis of sensed human body parameters such as pulse, heart rate or beat, temperature of skin, facial expressions, iris, voice pitch, brain activity patterns · CPC title

• G06V20/53 Primary

  Recognition of crowd images, e.g. recognition of crowd congestion · CPC title