Patent Document ID: 9817625
Application ID: 15298638
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of selecting and displaying one or more images, the method comprising the steps of: a computer identifying a user and user profile information corresponding to the identified user; the computer identifying a sentiment of the user; based on the user profile information, the computer determining an association between the identified sentiment of the user and one or more sentiments included in a plurality of sentiments conveyed by a plurality of images; the computer determining that one or more images included in the plurality of images convey the one or more sentiments; based on the association between the identified sentiment of the user and the one or more sentiments and the one or more images conveying the one or more sentiments, the computer selecting the one or more images from the plurality of images; and the computer displaying the selected one or more images, wherein the computer is included in a digital picture frame, wherein the step of displaying the selected one or more images includes displaying the one or more images on a display included in the digital picture frame, and wherein the step of identifying the sentiment of the user includes the steps of: the computer determining that the user is in a proximity to the digital picture frame; in response to the step of determining that the user in the proximity to the digital picture frame, the computer receiving lighting information from a light sensor coupled to the digital picture frame and the computer receiving weather information from a weather sensor coupled to the digital picture frame, wherein the lighting information includes a measurement of ambient lighting of a room in which the digital picture frame is located, and wherein the weather information specifies current weather of a geographic location that includes the digital picture frame; and in response to the step of determining that the user is in the proximity to the digital picture frame, and based on the measurement of the ambient lighting of the room in which the digital picture frame is located and based on the current weather of the geographic location that includes the digital picture frame, the computer determining an emotional state of the user, the emotional state being included in the sentiment of the user, wherein the step of selecting the one or more images is based in part on the measurement of the ambient lighting of the room in which the digital picture frame is located and the current weather of the geographic location that includes the digital picture frame.