Patent ID: 9196173
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: G06K,G06T,G09B

Abstract:
1. A device comprising: an interface to receive input from each of a plurality of computing devices of different individuals, wherein the input received from each of the computing devices of the different individuals is indicative of an emotion of the individual from which the input was received; a processor executing software program code to generate a graphical display having a plurality of regions, each of the regions representing a different one of a plurality of emotions, wherein, as the input is received, the software program code outputs a set of indicators in each of the regions of the graphical display, each of the indicators representing a different one of the individuals who is experiencing the emotion associated with the region in which the indicator is displayed and is displayed with a color assigned to the emotion, and wherein the software program code animates the indicators to move the indicators within the regions and removes the indicators after a time duration to depict a current mood for each of the individuals within the context of the overall group of individuals.