Method for generating an affective status map

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This invention provides a method to create an 'affective status map' by collecting and displaying the emotional statuses of mobile phone users on a map using icons (such as emoticons) correlated to their locations. Users can input their feelings directly or the system can detect mood from data like speech, movement, and text messages, all gathered anonymously. The resulting mood-map aggregates this information for different locations and can be used for various applications, such as targeted advertising and social analytics.

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• Targeted advertising based on the collective mood of people in specific locations.
• City or location-based mood tracking for urban planning and public services.
• Healthcare applications for monitoring population mental well-being or detecting stress hotspots.
• Event management to gauge crowd sentiment in real time.
• Personalized recommendations or alerts to users based on their mood and location.
• Market research for businesses considering opening stores, restaurants, or other ventures in specific areas.
• Social research for academic or governmental studies of mood distribution across regions.

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• Quick, easy, and anonymous input of mood information, increasing participation rates.
• Does not require personal identification, protecting user privacy.
• Real-time, location-based visualization of collective affective states, enabling immediate insights.
• Flexible data collection using both user input and automated sensing (speech, motion, texts, etc.).
• Mass-data collection while maintaining privacy and low user burden (simple one-click or passive detection).
• Supports dynamic, time-based maps to observe mood fluctuations over the day.
• Enables new kinds of targeted advertising and location-specific services based on emotional data.

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Patent Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for generating a status map and comprises the following steps: identifying an icon relating to an affective status of a user of a mobile phone, and correlating the icon with the present location of the mobile phone. The method particularly collects data relating to the affective status of a plurality of users of a plurality of mobile phones in a database, particularly without correlating the data relating to the affective status with data concerning an identification of the users. The present invention is also related to the use of a status map generated according to the method as defined above to control the sending of advertisement to the mobile phone. The icon may be an emoticon identified in a text message, or the map may be provided with such icons for describing a mood of a user at a location.