Reducing computational load of processing measurements of affective response

A method for reducing computational load of processing measurements of affective response of a user to content, comprising:

• receiving a first indication derived from analysis of a first segment of content;
• determining that the first indication indicates that a first value related to a prediction of emotional response to the first segment does not reach a first predetermined threshold, and configuring a processor to operate at a first processing level to process measurements of affective response of the user to the first segment;
• receiving a second indication derived from analysis of a second segment of content;
• and
• determining that the second indication indicates that a second value related to a prediction of emotional response to the second segment reaches a second predetermined threshold, and configuring the processor to operate at a second processing level to process measurements of affective response of the user to the second segment;
• wherein, per volume unit of measurement data, number of computation cycles utilized by the processor to process, at the first processing level, measurements of the affective response of the user to the first segment, is at least 50% lower than number of computation cycles utilized by the processor to process, at the second processing level, measurements of the affective response of the user to the second segment.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium for use in a computer to reduce computational load of processing measurements of affective response of a user to content;

• the computer comprises a processor, and the non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:
• program code for receiving a first indication derived from analysis of a first segment of content;
• program code for determining that the first indication indicates that a first value related to a prediction of emotional response to the first segment does not reach a first predetermined threshold, and configuring a processor to operate at a first processing level to process measurements of affective response of the user to the first segment;
• program code for receiving a second indication derived from analysis of a second segment of content;
• and
• program code for determining that the second indication indicates that a second value related to a prediction of emotional response to the second segment reaches a second predetermined threshold, and configuring the processor to operate at a second processing level to process measurements of affective response of the user to the second segment;
• wherein, per volume unit of measurement data, number of computation cycles utilized by the processor to process, at the first processing level, measurements of the affective response of the user to the first segment, is at least 50% lower than number of computation cycles utilized by the processor to process, at the second processing level, measurements of the affective response of the user to the second segment.