Tagging scanned data with emotional tags, predicting emotional reactions of users to data, and updating historical user emotional reactions to data

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9299268-B2
Application number	US-201414278265-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 15, 2014
Priority date	May 15, 2014
Publication date	Mar 29, 2016
Grant date	Mar 29, 2016

Abstract

Generating an emotional representation of received data content is provided. Data content corresponding to a user is received. In responsive to determining that the user requested an emotional representation of a predicted emotional reaction by the user to the received data content, the emotional representation of the received data content is generated based on the predicted emotional reaction by the user to the received data content.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method for generating an emotional representation of received data content, the computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, by a computer, data content corresponding to a user;
responsive to the computer determining that the user requested an emotional representation of a predicted emotional reaction by the user to the received data content:
scanning, by the computer, the received data content;
tagging, by the computer, a segment of the received data content scanned, with a corresponding emotional tag;
classifying, by the computer, segments tagged into a respective emotional classification in a plurality of classifications according to the corresponding emotional tag;
predicting, by the computer, an emotional reaction of the user to the received data content using information comprising contextual information contained within the received data content, information from a historical user emotional reactions to perceived data content database, user profiles, respective emotional classifications of different identified segments of the received data content and a user emotional reactions to perceived data content statistical model;
generating, by the computer simulating the emotional reaction of the user to the received data content, a personalized emotional representation of the received data content for output based on emotional representation of received data content preferences and using the emotional reaction of the user to the received data content as predicted; and
monitoring, by the computer, the user to identify a reaction to each classification of further received data content, wherein responsive to identifying the reaction, the computer stores an update in the historical user emotional reactions to perceived data content database.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
responsive to the computer determining that the emotional reaction of the user to the received data content as predicted will have a negative emotional impact on the user, modulating, by the computer, the personalized emotional representation of the received data content generated to produce a positive emotional impact on the user, wherein the positive emotional impact is selected from a plurality of positive emotional impacts to make the user feel, one of happy, elated, joyful, calm, relaxed, encouraged, fearless, and strong.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
responsive to the computer determining that the user indicated a preferred emotional representation output within a user profile associated with the user, outputting, by the computer, the personalized emotional representation of the received data content generated via the preferred emotional representation output.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , wherein the preferred emotional representation output is at least one of an emotional representation via synthesized speech, an emotional representation via visual media, an emotional representation via music media, an emotional representation via textual media, and emotional representation via tactile simulation.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein the personalized emotional representation via tactile simulation is at least one of an air current and a vibration.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , wherein a tactile stimulation output device controls and varies at least one of a temperature and a speed of the air current and the vibration.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the computer automatically captures an emotional reaction by the user to the received data content while the user is perceiving the received data content using a set of biometric measuring devices associated with the computer, and wherein the computer stores the emotional reaction by the user to the received data content captured in a database.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , further comprising:
retrieving, by the computer, historical information regarding user reactions to perceived data content corresponding to a plurality of users from the database; and
incorporating, by the computer, the historical information regarding user reactions to perceived data content corresponding to the plurality of users into a statistical model, wherein the computer utilizes the statistical model to generate the emotional reaction of the user to the received data content as predicted.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the user scans a list of a plurality of received data content for predicted emotional reactions by the user to each of the plurality of received data content by scrolling over the list of the plurality of received data content one by one and receiving an emotional representation of each of the plurality of received data content.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
outputting, by the computer, the received data content to the user.

11. A computer system for generating an emotional representation of received data content, the computer system comprising:
a bus system;
a storage device connected to the bus system, wherein the storage device stores computer readable program code; and
a processor unit connected to the bus system, wherein the processor unit executes the computer readable program code to:
receive data content corresponding to a user;
in response to determining that the user requested an emotional representation of a predicted emotional reaction by the user to the received data content:
scan the received data content;
tag a segment of the received data content scanned, with a corresponding emotional tag;
classify segments tagged into a classification in a plurality of classifications according to the corresponding emotional tag;
predict an emotional reaction of the user to the received data content using information comprising contextual information contained within the received data content, information from a historical user emotional reactions to perceived data content database, user profiles, respective emotional classifications of different identified segments of the received data content and a user emotional reactions to perceived data content statistical model;
generate, by simulating the emotional reaction of the user to the received data content, a personalized emotional representation of the received data content for output based on emotional representation of received data content preferences and using the emotional reaction of the user to the received data content as predicted; and
monitor the user to identify a reaction to each classification of further received data content, wherein responsive to identifying the reaction, the computer stores an update in the historical user emotional reactions to perceived data content database.

12. The computer system of claim 11 , wherein the processor unit further executes the computer readable program code to modulate the personalized emotional representation of the received data content generated to produce a positive emotional impact on the user in response to determining that the emotional reaction of the user to the received data content as predicted will have a negative emotional impact on the user, wherein the positive emotional impact is selected from a plurality of positive emotional impacts to make the user feel, one of happy, elated, joyful, calm, relaxed, encouraged, fearless, and strong.

13. A computer program product stored on a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code encoded thereon that is executable by a computer for generating an emotional re

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Aravkin Aleksandr
• Kanevsky Dimitri
• Malkin Peter K
• Sainath Tara N

Classifications

• G09B5/04

  with audible presentation of the material to be studied (sound recording or reproducing G11B) · CPC title

• G09B19/00 Primary

  Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass (teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26) · CPC title

• G09B5/062

  Combinations of audio and printed presentations, e.g. magnetically striped cards, talking books, magnetic tapes with printed texts thereon · CPC title

• G09B5/065

  Combinations of audio and video presentations, e.g. videotapes, videodiscs, television systems · CPC title