Patent ID: 7904507

Claim:
A computationally-implemented method, comprising acquiring a result of an observation of an authoring user; acquiring a result of an observation of a receiving user; comparing, by a receiving network device, the result of the observation of the authoring user with the result of the observation of the receiving user; presenting data indicative of an extent of congruity between the result of the observation of the authoring user and the result of the observation of the receiving user based at least in part on said comparing; wherein said comparing, by a network device, the result of the observation of the authoring user with the result of the observation of the receiving user comprises comparing an inferred mental state of the authoring user with an inferred mental state of the receiving user; and wherein said comparing an inferred mental state of the authoring user with an inferred mental state of the receiving user comprises determining an extent of a difference between the inferred mental state of the authoring user and the inferred mental state of the receiving user.