Patent ID: 8103382

Claim:
A method for conveying an emotional or physical state of a first individual to at least one other individual through an interactive, multimedia robotic device connected to a communications network comprising: a processing device connected to the network identifying and storing information relating to the state of the first individual that is available on the network; the processing device interpreting the stored state information relating to the first individual to identify at least one robotic device reaction instruction stored on the processing device; the processing device transmitting the at least one robotic device reaction instruction to the interactive, multimedia robotic device; and the interactive, multimedia robotic device receiving the at least one robotic device reaction instruction and using it to execute one or more human perceivable actions that conveys the emotional or physical state of the first individual to at least one other individual proximate to the robotic device, wherein the human perceivable actions include the robotic device playing audio, video and robotic device movement that corresponds to the emotional or physical state of the first individual.