Patent ID: 8239774

Claim:
A computer-implementable method for utilizing behavioral mood in an instant messaging system, comprising: responsive to a first user initiating establishment of an instant messaging system (“IMS”) session, enabling the first user to select, within a user interface of an IMS client of the first user, a second user as a message recipient in the IMS session; responsive to the first user selecting the second user, determining a behavioral mood of the second user, the behavioral mood generated by: collecting user input of the second user with at least one receptor of an electronic device of the second user; processing the collected user input of the second user to generate a plurality of behavioral biometrics for the second user; and correlating the generated behavioral biometrics to a selected one of a plurality of predetermined behavioral moods, the selected one having a corresponding visual attribute; determining a behavioral mood of the first user, the behavioral mood of the first user generated by: collecting user input of the first user with at least one receptor of an electronic device of the first user; processing the collected user input of the first user to generate a plurality of behavioral biometrics for the first user; and correlating the generated behavioral biometrics for the first user to a particular one of a plurality of predetermined behavioral moods, the particular one having a corresponding visual attribute; applying the visual attribute corresponding to the behavioral mood of the first user to electronic messages which are generated, by the first user in the IMS session, for transmission to the second user, wherein the visual attribute corresponding to the behavioral mood of the second user is applied to electronic messages which are generated, by the second user in the IMS session, for transmission to the first user; storing, as a message transcript, a copy of each electronic message transmitted from the first user to the second user, including the applied visual attribute corresponding to the behavioral mood of the first user, and a copy of each electronic messages transmitted from the second user to the first user, including the applied visual attribute corresponding to the behavioral mood of the second user, in the IMS session; and associating a behavioral mood indicator with the stored message transcript, the associated behavioral mood indicator comprising a visual attribute created based on the applied corresponding visual attributes of the copies stored in the message transcript.