Sentiment Analysis Visual Indicator for Text Input Devices

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Solution Overview

Problem

Electronic text communication often misinterprets tone and expression, leading to unintended offensive messages due to the absence of tone of voice and facial expressions, necessitating a method to alert users before sending potentially misinterpreted messages.

Innovation Solution

A communication device with a cognitive engine that determines the sentiment of user-input text and displays a visual signal indicative of the sentiment, allowing users to adjust their message before sending.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If text communication is used without tone and facial expressions, then communication efficiency is improved, but message interpretation accuracy deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecommunication efficiencyVSAvoidmessage interpretation accuracy

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the system analyzes the user's typed message in real-time, determines the sentiment, and provides visual feedback through color-coded indicators. This allows the user to adjust their message to achieve the desired sentiment, thereby improving interpretation accuracy while maintaining text-based communication efficiency.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary sentiment analysis system that acts as a mediator between the user's intent and the received message. This intermediary analyzes the text and provides guidance, bridging the gap caused by the absence of non-verbal cues in text communication.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If real-time sentiment analysis is implemented, then message accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemessage accuracyVSAvoiddevice complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs self-service by automatically analyzing the sentiment of user input without requiring external intervention. The cognitive engine operates autonomously to determine sentiment and provide visual feedback, reducing the need for complex user interactions or additional hardware components.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces complex mechanical or hardware-based sentiment analysis with software-based cognitive engines and natural language processing algorithms. This substitution reduces physical device complexity while maintaining or improving analysis accuracy through intelligent software systems.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS10831998B2Visualizing sentiment on an input device

Publication Date: 2020.11.10 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION

AI summary

A communication device, computer program product and method of monitoring text at a communication device. The communication device includes an input device and a processor. The input device receives a text input from a user of the communication device. The processor operates a cognitive engine that determines a sentiment of the text, and displays a visual indicator based on the determined sentiment.