US 11,379,654 B2 · Indicating sentiment of text within a graphical user interface

Abstract

A method of presenting a sentiment indicator with entered text is disclosed. The method comprises causing a presentation of a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a screen, the screen including a first area for receiving text and a second area next to the first area for showing a sentiment indicator; receiving text via the first area; before receiving a request for submitting the text to a server for access by other hardware processors in a distributed computing environment: determining whether a triggering condition for estimating a sentiment is satisfied; in response to determining that the triggering condition is satisfied, estimating a sentiment of the text; and causing displaying the sentiment indicator in the second area with a sentiment indicator value corresponding to the estimated sentiment of the text.

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Dependent claims

A networked computer system configured to provide sentiment indicators for user-generated content, the networked computer system comprising:

a collaboration server operably coupled to a client device over a computer network, the collaboration server configured to:
cause a display of a graphical user interface on the client device, the graphical user interface comprising content viewable by a set of users and an area for receiving text;
receive user input text entered in the area;
cause an analysis of the user input text to determine an estimated sentiment;
and
in accordance with the estimated sentiment exceeding a threshold, at least temporarily disabling a post function provided by the graphical user interface, the post function normally operable to cause display of the user input text along with the displayed content viewable by the set of users.

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A computer-implemented method for providing a sentiment indicator on a client device, the method comprising:

causing a display of a graphical user interface on the client device, the graphical user interface comprising content viewable by a set of users and a user input area for receiving text;
in response to the graphical user interface receiving the text within the user input area, causing an analysis of the text received within the user input area to determine an estimated sentiment;
and
in response to the estimated sentiment exceeding a sentiment threshold:
causing a display of a sentiment indicator within the graphical user interface, the sentiment indicator comprising an emoji icon that corresponds to the estimated sentiment;
and
at least temporarily disabling a post function provided by the graphical user interface, the post function normally operable to cause display of the user input text along with the displayed content viewable by the set of users.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Indicating sentiment of text within a graphical user interface

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Abstract

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