USER INTERFACE CONTROLS INCLUDING CAPTURING USER MOOD IN RESPONSE TO A USER CUE

摘要

Embodiments provide a method for operating a control in a graphical user interface (GUI) concurrently or in association with receiving a user indication of the user's state of mind. For example, a GUI control may include navigation controls in a web browser (page forward, page back, open or close a window or tab, etc.); video transport control (play, pause, stop, rewind, fast forward, scrub, etc.); hyperlink on a web page; a control in a software application, computer operating system or other function provided in a processing system interface. In a particular embodiment, when the user operates the control, such as a window close button, then depending on a concurrent or closely associated user “cue” such as a touch or swipe on the display screen, gesture, sound or utterance, button click, etc., an indication of the user's state of mind can be, conveyed to appropriate system or application hardware or software.