IP Library Granted Patent US 9,996,217
Granted Patent B2
US 9,996,217 · App. 15/666,618 · Granted Jun 12, 2018

Contextual determination of emotion icons

Inventors: James R. Kozloski (New Fairfield, CT); Clifford A. Pickover (Yorktown Heights, NY); Maja Vukovic (New York, NY)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
G06F3/04817G06F3/04812G06F17/24
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,996,217
App. No.
15/666,618
Granted
Jun 12, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method, computer program product, and system for contextual determination of emotion icons. The method includes, for a particular user, determining an emotion icon to automatically input into a message, based on a class of the user, a current mood of the user, and the recipient of the message. The determined emotion icon is then inserted into the message.

Claims (10)

1. A method comprising:

generating, by one or more processors, a plurality of emotion icons, wherein the plurality of emotion icons is based on one or more facial parameters;

determining, by one or more processors, an emotion icon among the plurality of emotion icons to automatically input into a message based on a class of the user, a recipient of the message, and a current mood of the user and the recipient, wherein:

determining an emotion icon comprises: selecting an emotion icon from a selectable list of emotion icons, based on learned communication patterns of the user and the recipient;

determining the current mood in real time by camera tracking and monitoring of typing characteristics; and

the class of the user and the recipient are based on: an age, a demographic, a culture, a world region, and a current cognitive state;

inserting, by the one or more processors, the determined at least one emotion icon into the message; wherein:

selecting an emotion icon from the selectable list of emotion icons comprises: identifying an emotion based on: learned communication patterns of the user and the recipient, learned communication patterns between different groups of users and recipients, and social interaction between the user and the recipient, wherein:

the learned communication patterns of the user and the recipient are based, in part, on: text analysis associated with used emotion icons and the class of the user; and

generating, by the one or more processors, a new emotion icon among the plurality of emotion icons, wherein the new emotion icon derives from two or more emotion icons among the plurality of emotion icons in accordance with the one or more facial parameters, based on a determined context of the message.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2021
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: AIRBNB, INC.
Reel/Frame 056427/0193 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 2, 2017
From: KOZLOSKI, JAMES R.; PICKOVER, CLIFFORD A.; VUKOVIC, MAJA
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043167/0022 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15138320 · Apr 26, 2016
Related Publication 20170329492A1 · Nov 16, 2017