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Apple Patent which targets people based on swiping mood... Oooeer

Apple is seeking a patent on something it calls "Inferring user mood based on user and group characteristic data" that its application says would figure out how you are feeling and "... then deliver content that is selected, at least in part, based on the inferred mood."

Future Macs may adjust their audio depending on where you're sitting or standing - and based on how many folks are in a room. Apple has filed for a patent (number 20170249122) for "devices with enhanced audio." The patent involves a system for enhancing audio including a Mac and an output device. The Mac includes a sensor configured to determine a user location relative to the computer. The sensor is also configured to gather environment data corresponding to an environment of the computer.

Marketing has always been about playing the heartstrings, but don't think Apple's new patent on mood-sensing technology is going to revolutionize the field, says mood-tracking technology researcher Whitney Erin Boesel

Wikipedia page for Joseph Matheny, man who owns a bunch of patents for adaptive and ARG works