Patent Document ID: 9760767
Application ID: 15276967
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method to rate applications based on weighted emotional states, the computer-implemented method comprising: monitoring execution of an application on a computing device to determine usage information for a user; capturing, via a user-facing camera of the computing device, a plurality of images; for each of the plurality of images, using one or more computer processors of the computing device: extracting, from the respective image, a set of user facial features; and determining an user emotional state corresponding to the respective set of user facial features by applying a facial-emotional model correlating a set of predefined emotional states with corresponding predefined facial features; determining a trend of user emotional states across a plurality of executions of the application on the computing device; calculating a rating for the application based on: (i) the usage information; (ii) the trend of user emotional states; and (iii) the user emotional states weighted by at least one of: (A) a demographic factor comprising a specified age group to which the user belongs and (B) an expressiveness factor comprising a variance of emotional expression of the user; and sending, via a network connection, the rating to a server configured to determine an aggregate rating of the application.