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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:
Oct. 21, 2014

Filed:

Apr. 20, 2012
Applicants:

Kirk Lars Bruns, Waitsfield, VT (US);

Christopher John Olivier, Park Ridge, NJ (US);

Piali Das, Park Ridge, NJ (US);

Peter Tu, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Xiaoming Liu, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Inventors:

Kirk Lars Bruns, Waitsfield, VT (US);

Christopher John Olivier, Park Ridge, NJ (US);

Piali Das, Park Ridge, NJ (US);

Peter Tu, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Xiaoming Liu, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 2203/011 (2013.01); G06F 9/4443 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for emotive healthcare software usability. A method to improve software usability is described, the method comprising presenting a software application to a user. The method also including logging activities of the user with respect to the software application, wherein the logging includes recording the user using the software application, and wherein the activities include user action with respect to the software application and mouse location on a user interface displaying the software application. The method also including interpreting user emotion from the recording, and tracking an emotive index based on a combination of user emotion and user action with respect to the software application and mouse location. The method also including providing feedback based on the emotive index.


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