IP Library Granted Patent US 10,365,788
Granted Patent B2
US 10,365,788 · App. 15/979,499 · Granted Jul 30, 2019

Contextual determination of emotion icons

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Patent No.
US 10,365,788
App. No.
15/979,499
Granted
Jul 30, 2019
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 (9)

1. A computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the program instructions comprising:

program instructions to generate a plurality of emotion icons, wherein the plurality of emotion icons is based on one or more facial parameters;

program instructions to determine an emotion icon among the plurality of emotion icons to automatically input into a message based on a class of the user, a class of a recipient of the message, a context of the message, and a current mood of the user and the recipient, wherein the program instructions to determine the emotion icon among the plurality of emotion icons to automatically input into the message comprise:

program instructions to determine the context of the message based on learned communication patterns of the user and the recipient,

program instructions to determine 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: a current emotional state, cultural norms, a world region, demographic, and mental condition;

responsive to determining an emotion icon among the plurality of emotion icons to automatically input into the message, program instructions to insert the determined at least one emotion icon among the plurality of icons into the message; and

program instructions to generate 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 and the 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 May 15, 2018
From: KOZLOSKI, JAMES R.; PICKOVER, CLIFFORD A.; VUKOVIC, MAJA
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 045800/0168 →