Acquisition and particular association of data indicative of an inferred mental state of an authoring user

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9192300-B2
Application number	US-22119708-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 30, 2008
Priority date	May 23, 2008
Publication date	Nov 24, 2015
Grant date	Nov 24, 2015

Abstract

A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: acquiring data indicative of an inferred mental state of an authoring user in connection with at least a particular item of an electronic message, and associating the data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user with the particular item. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
an acquisition module configured to acquire data indicative of an inferred mental state of an authoring user in connection with a particular item of an electronic message based, at least in part, on received sensor data indicative of one or more physiological characteristics of the authoring user, wherein said acquisition module includes at least:
an observation module configured to observe, at least partly via the received sensor data, the one or more physiological characteristics of the authoring user at least one of during or proximate to an action performed by the authoring user in connection with the particular item, wherein said action includes at least one of creating, modifying, relocating, substituting, or inserting of the particular item by the authoring user;

an association module configured to associate the data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user with the particular item, wherein said association module includes at least:
an inclusion module configured to include into the electronic message the data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user; and

a time module configured to provide two or more times for observation, wherein the observation module is configured to observe the one or more physiological characteristics of the authoring user at least partly through the two or more times provided by the time module; and
wherein at least one of the acquisition module, the association module, or the time module is at least partly implemented in hardware.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein said an acquisition module configured to acquire data indicative of an inferred mental state of an authoring user in connection with a particular item of an electronic message based, at least in part, on received sensor data indicative of one or more physiological characteristics of the authoring user comprises:
an acquisition module configured to acquire with the data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user a time stamp associated with observing of the one or more physiological characteristics of the authoring user.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein said acquisition module configured to acquire with the data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user a time stamp associated with observing of the one or more physiological characteristics of the authoring user comprises:
an acquisition module configured to acquire with the data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user a time stamp associated with the observing of the one or more physiological characteristics of the authoring user, the time stamp corresponding with a time stamp associated with an action performed by the authoring user and connected to the particular item.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein said acquisition module configured to acquire data indicative of an inferred mental state of an authoring user in connection with a particular item of an electronic message based, at least in part, on received sensor data indicative of one or more physiological characteristics of the authoring user comprises:
an acquisition module configured to acquire an indication of an action in connection with the particular item and performed, at least in part, by the authoring user.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein said acquisition module configured to acquire an indication of an action in connection with the particular item and performed, at least in part, by the authoring user comprises;
an acquisition module configured to acquire an indication that indicates that the particular item was created by the authoring user.

6. The system of claim 4 , wherein said acquisition module configured to acquire an indication of an action in connection with the particular item and performed, at least in part, by the authoring user comprises;
an acquisition module configured to acquire an indication that indicates that the particular item was modified by the authoring user.

7. The system of claim 4 , wherein said acquisition module configured to acquire an indication of an action in connection with the particular item and performed, at least in part, by the authoring user comprises at least one of;
an acquisition module configured to acquire an indication that indicates that the particular item was deleted by the authoring user; or
an acquisition module configured to acquire an indication that indicates that the particular item was relocated in the electronic message by the authoring user.

8. The system of claim 4 , wherein said acquisition module configured to acquire an indication of an action in connection with the particular item and performed, at least in part, by the authoring user comprises;
an acquisition module configured to acquire an indication that indicates that the particular item was extracted by the authoring user.

9. The system of claim 4 , wherein said acquisition module configured to acquire an indication of an action in connection with the particular item and performed, at least in part, by the authoring user comprises;
an acquisition module configured to acquire an indication that indicates that the particular item was forwarded by the authoring user.

10. The system of claim 4 , wherein said acquisition module configured to acquire an indication of an action in connection with the particular item and performed, at least in part, by the authoring user comprises;
an acquisition module configured to acquire an indication that indicates that the particular item was stored by the authoring user.

11. The system of claim 4 , wherein said acquisition module configured to acquire an indication of an action in connection with the particular item and performed, at least in part, by the authoring user comprises;
an acquisition module configured to acquire an indication that indicates that the particular item was activated or deactivated by the authoring user.

12. The system of claim 4 , wherein said acquisition module configured to acquire an indication of an action in connection with the particular item and performed, at least in part, by the authoring user comprises;
an acquisition module configured to acquire an indication that indicates that the particular item was tagged by the authoring user.

13. The system of claim 4 , wherein said acquisition module configured to acquire an indication of an action in connection with the particular item and performed, at least in part, by the authoring user comprises;
an acquisition module configured to acquire an indication that indicates that the particular item was associated to another item by the authoring user.

14. The system of claim 4 , wherein said acquisition module configured to acquire an indication of an action in connection with the particular item and performed, at least in part, by the authoring user comprises;
an acquisition module configured to acquire an indication that indicates that the particular item was categorized by the authoring user.

15. The system of claim 4 , wherein said acquisition module configured to acquire an indication of an action in connection with the particular item and performed, at least in part, by the authoring user comprises;
an acquisition module configured to acquire an indication that indicates that the particular item was substituted by the authoring user.

16. The system of claim 4 , wherein said acquisition module configured to acquire an indication of an action in connection with the particular item and performed, at least in part, by the authoring user comprises;
an acquisition module configured to

Assignees

• Jung Edward K Y
• Leuthardt Eric C
• Levien Royce A
• Lord Robert W
• Malamud Mark A
• Rinaldo Jr John D
• Wood Jr Lowell L
• Invention Science Fund I Llc

Inventors

• Jung Edward K Y
• Leuthardt Eric C
• Levien Royce A
• Lord Robert W
• Malamud Mark A
• Rinaldo Jr John D
• Wood Jr Lowell L

Classifications

• A61B5/165

  Evaluating the state of mind, e.g. depression, anxiety · CPC title

• G06Q10/10

  Office automation; Time management · CPC title

• G06N3/004

  Artificial life, i.e. computing arrangements simulating life · CPC title

• A61B5/0002 Primary

  Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network (endoradiosondes A61B5/07) · CPC title

• A61B5/16

  Devices for psychotechnics (using teaching or educational appliances G09B1/00 - G09B7/00); Testing reaction times {; Devices for evaluating the psychological state} · CPC title