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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 19, 2016
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

John Donovan, Dallas, TX (US);

James Carlton Bedingfield, Sr., Gainesville, GA (US);

Barbara Roden, Atlanta, GA (US);

Assignee:

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06T 13/40 (2011.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/4223 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06T 13/80 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 13/40 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2013.01); G06T 13/80 (2013.01); H04N 7/173 (2013.01); H04N 21/4223 (2013.01); H04N 21/42201 (2013.01); H04N 21/4312 (2013.01); H04N 21/4314 (2013.01); H04N 21/4751 (2013.01); H04N 21/47205 (2013.01); H04N 21/6187 (2013.01); G06F 2203/011 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an intermediary engine having a controller, and a storage medium for storing instructions to be executed by the controller. The instructions, when executed by the controller, can cause the controller to receive a measure of a mood of an individual, invoke an intermediary according to the measure of the mood of the individual, and present the intermediary to an entity requesting to interact with the individual. The measure of the mood can be synthesized from collected information associated with a behavior of the individual, and can have a plurality of dimensions. The mood can also indicate an availability of the individual and a receptiveness of the individual to accept a request to interact with an entity. Other embodiments are disclosed.


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