Apparatus for analyzing mood

An apparatus (100) for analyzing mood of a group of users, said apparatus (100) comprising:

• a storage location (102) configured to store sets of emoticons;
• a plurality of user devices (104), wherein each of the user devices (104) includes:
• a display (104a);
• a selection device (104b);
• and
• a booting module (104c) configured to generate a boot signal upon completion of a power on self-test;
• a transceiver (106) linked to each of said user devices (104), said transceiver (106) includes:
• a receiver (106a) configured to receive said boot signal from a booting module (104c) of a user device (104);
• an extractor (106b) configured to extract a set of emoticons from said storage location (102) upon receiving said boot signal;
• a frame constructor (106c) configured to construct a data frame which includes said extracted set of emoticons, a lock command and an unlock command;
• a transmitter (106d) configured to transmit said data frame to said booting user device;
• said booting module (104c) of said user device (104) configured to receive said data frame, said booting module (104c) includes:
• an updater (104c1) configured to extract said set of emoticons from said data frame and further configured to display said extracted emoticons on said display (104a) of said user device (104) and generate a trigger signal;
• a locking unit (104c2) configured to lock at least one functionality of said user device (104) for a predetermined amount of time period after receiving said trigger signal;
• and
• an unlocking unit (104c3) configured to scan actions performed by said user using said selection device (104b) with respect to currently displayed emoticons, and further configured to unlock said locked functionality of said user device (104) upon selection of an emoticon by said user;
• a tagging module (108) configured to cooperate with said booting module (104c), said tagging module (108) configured to tag said selected emoticon with a user identifier;
• a collator (110) configured to cooperate with said tagging module (108), said collator (110) configured to collate a plurality of tagged emoticons for each of the users over a predetermined time period and generate an emotional index for each of the users, said collator (110) further configured to collate tagged emoticons of said group of users and generate a group emotional index;
• and
• a report generator (112) configured to cooperate with said collator (110), and further configured to generate a report based on said emotional index for each of the users and said group emotional index in predetermined time periods;
• wherein said extractor (106b), said frame constructor (106c), said updater (104c1), said locking unit (104c2), said unlocking unit (104c3), said tagging module (118), said collator (110) and said report generator (112) are configured to be implemented on one or more processor(s).