IP Library Granted Patent US 9,342,501
Granted Patent B2
US 9,342,501 · App. 14/067,410 · Granted May 17, 2016

Preserving emotion of user input

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Patent No.
US 9,342,501
App. No.
14/067,410
Granted
May 17, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An aspect provides a method, identifying: receiving, at an input component of an information handling device, user input comprising one or more words; identifying, using a processor of the information handling device, an emotion associated with the one or more words; creating, using the processor, an emotion tag including the emotion associated with the one or more words; and storing the emotion tag in a memory. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Claims (53)

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, at an input component of an information handling device, user input comprising one or more words;

identifying, using a processor of the information handling device, an emotion associated with the one or more words;

creating, using the processor, an emotion tag including the emotion associated with the one or more words;

storing the emotion tag in a memory;

analyzing one or more emotion tags; and

modifying the user input based on the analyzing, wherein modifying comprises changing a visual rendering of the user input.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the storing of the emotion tag in a memory occurs remote from the information handling device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the storing of the emotion tag in a memory occurs locally to the information handling device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the user input comprises speech input; and

the identifying an emotion associated with the one or more words comprises using an acoustic characteristic of the speech input to identify an emotion.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

receiving additional speech input;

wherein the using an acoustic characteristic of the speech input to identify an emotion comprises comparing an acoustic characteristic of the speech input to an acoustic characteristic of the additional speech input.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

analyzing one or more emotion tags; and

modifying operation of an application based on the analyzing.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the modifying an operation of an application comprises supplementing a search application result utilizing emotion tag searching.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the modifying an operation of an application comprises providing a prompt to a user prior to sending a message including the user input.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the modifying an operation of an application comprises assigning a priority level to a message including the user input.

10. An information handling device, comprising:

an input component;

a processor;

a memory device assessable to the processor and storing code executable by the processor to:

receive, at an input component, user input comprising one or more words;

identify an emotion associated with the one or more words;

create an emotion tag including the emotion associated with the one or more words;

store the emotion tag in a memory;

analyze one or more emotion tags; and

modify the user input based on the analyzing, wherein to modify comprises changing a visual rendering of the user input.

11. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein storing of the emotion tag in a memory occurs remote from the information handling device.

12. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein storing of the emotion tag in a memory occurs locally to the information handling device.

13. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein:

the user input comprises speech input; and

to identify an emotion associated with the one or more words comprises using an acoustic characteristic of the speech input to identify an emotion.

14. The information handling device of claim 13 , wherein the code is further executable by the processor to:

receive additional speech input;

wherein the using an acoustic characteristic of the speech input to identify an emotion comprises comparing an acoustic characteristic of the speech input to an acoustic characteristic of the additional speech input.

15. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein the code is further executable by the processors to:

analyze one or more emotion tags; and

modify operation of an application based on the analyzing.

16. The information handling device of claim 15 , wherein to modify an operation of an application comprises supplementing a search application result utilizing emotion tag searching.

17. The information handling device of claim 15 , wherein to modify an operation of an application comprises providing a prompt to a user prior to sending a message including the user input.

18. The information handling device of claim 15 , wherein to modify an operation of an application comprises assigning a priority level to a message including the user input.

19. A program product, comprising:

a storage device having computer readable program code stored therewith, the computer readable program code being executable by a processor and comprising:

computer readable program code that receives, at an input component of an information handling device, user input comprising one or more words;

computer readable program code that identifies, using a processor of the information handling device, an emotion associated with the one or more words;

computer readable program code that creates, using the processor, an emotion tag including the emotion associated with the one or more words; and

computer readable program code that stores the emotion tag in a memory;

computer readable program code that analyzes one or more emotion tags; and

computer readable program code that modifies the user input based on the analyzing, wherein to modify comprises changing a visual rendering of the user input.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 069870/0670 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 8, 2019
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 049688/0741 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2013
From: BEAUMONT, SUZANNE MARION; VANBLON, RUSSELL SPEIGHT; WALTERMANN, ROD D.
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 031515/0874 →