MUMBAI, India, July 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611059761 A) filed by Sharda University on May 11, 2026, for System And Method For Providing Emotion-Aware Mental Health Support.
Inventors include Mohd Hashir; Ayaz Ahmad; Ashish Kumar Mahato; Sheenam Naaz; and Manju Verma.
The application for the patent was published on July 17, 2026, under issue no. 29/2026.
Abstract: ABSTRACT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING EMOTION-AWARE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT Disclosed is an AI-based mental health support chatbot system and corresponding computer-implemented method. User input (302) is received in text or voice form and processed using a hybrid NLP engine (304) including a GPT model for response generation and a BERT model for emotion detection, with a sentiment analysis module (306) identifying an emotional state. A decision engine (308) classifies the input as normal interaction or high-risk emotional distress and, upon crisis detection, activates a safety protocol providing helpline information and suggesting immediate support. Neural outputs are rule-filtered and topic-restricted to mental health-related queries before response delivery.
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