Emotionally driven software interaction experience

A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying instructions executable by a computing device which when executed cause the computing device to:

• register a first user-input indicating a purpose of a user's interaction with a software interface of the computing device;
• register a second user-input indicative of a target person to whom the purpose of the user's interaction pertains after registering the first user-input;
• prompt a user to provide at least one root emotion for the interaction after registering the second user-input;
• generate a visual, audio, or audio-visual output and a set of user interface elements dependent on the at least one root emotion;
• present a sequence of user interface elements that are associated with the root emotion and with the second user-input, after generating the set of user interface elements dependent on the at least one root emotion;
• prompt the user, via a first user element of the sequence, to indicate a main reason in support of the at least one root emotion;
• prompt the user, via a second user element of the sequence, to provide a sub reason in support of the main reason;
• receive, a series of user-inputs wherein relative to a preceding user-input, a subsequent user- input further specifies an emotional intent that is conceptually narrower relative to the root emotion of the user, wherein the emotional intent is defined relative to how the target person is desired to feel;
• repeat an iterative process of affirming a previous user-input and prompting the user to provide more details specifying the emotional intent until a desired level of precision in determining the user's emotional goal is reached, wherein the desired level of precision is determined by a chosen number of times to repeat the iterative process;
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• responsive to the desired level of precision being reached, obtain the user's emotional goal with respect to the target person based on the second user-input, on the at least one root emotion, and on user-inputs provided via the sequence of user interface elements, to provide the user, via the software interface, a recommendation regarding a fulfillment of the user's emotional goal.

A system for ascertaining an emotional goal, comprising:

• at least one computing device having at least one processor device and at least one user interface having an input device and output device communicatively connected to the processor to:
• receive a first user-input, via the at least one user interface, that is indicative of a purpose of a user's interaction with the at least one user interface, and to receive a second user-input indicative of a target person to whom the purpose of the user's interaction pertains after receiving the first user-input;
• generate, by the at least one processor device, a prompt, based on both of the first user-input and the second user-input, for the user to provide at least one root reason for the interaction;
• generate, by the at least one processor device, a visual, an audio, or an audio-visual output and a set of user interface elements dependent on the at least one root reason and presents the output and the set of user interface elements to the user via the output device;
• present a sequence of user interface elements that are associated with the root reason and with the second user-input, after generating the set of user interface elements dependent on the at least one root reason;
• prompt a user, via a first user element of the sequence, to indicate a main reason in support of the at least one root reason;
• prompt the user, via a second user element of the sequence, to provide a sub reason in support of the main reason;
• receive, a series of user-inputs wherein relative to a preceding user-input in the series, a subsequent user-input in the series further specifies an emotional intent that is conceptually narrower relative to the root reason of the user, wherein the emotional intent is defined relative to how the target person is desired to feel;
• repeat an iterative process of affirming a previous user-input and prompting the user to provide more details specifying the emotional intent until a desired level of precision in determining the user's emotional goal is reached, wherein the desired level of precision is determined by a chosen number of times to repeat the iterative process;
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• responsive to the desired level of precision being reached, determine, the user's emotional goal with respect to the target person based on the second user- input, on the at least one root reason, and on user-inputs provided via the sequence of user interface elements, to provide the user, via the output device, a recommendation regarding a fulfillment of the user's emotional goal.