Methods and apparatus for replaceable customization of multimodal embedded interfaces
First Claim
1. A mobile voice communication device comprising:
- a wireless transceiver circuit for transmitting and receiving auditory information and data;
a processor; and
a memory storing executable instructions which when executed on the processor causes the mobile voice communication device to provide a selectable personality associated with the device to a user of the mobile voice communication device, said executable instructions including implementing on the device a user interface that employs a plurality of different user prompts having at least one selectable personality, wherein each selectable personality of the plurality of user prompts is defined and mapped to data stored in at least one database in the mobile voice communication device.
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Abstract
According to certain aspects of the invention a mobile voice communication device includes a wireless transceiver circuit for transmitting and receiving auditory information and data, a processor, and a memory storing executable instructions which when executed on the processor causes the mobile voice communication device to provide a selectable personality associated with a user interface to a user of the mobile voice communication device. The executable instructions include implementing on the device a user interface that employs the different user prompts having the selectable personality, wherein each selectable personality of the different user prompts is defined and mapped to data stored in at least one database in the mobile voice communication device. The mobile voice communication device may include a decoder that recognizes a spoken user input and provides a corresponding recognized word, and a speech synthesizer that synthesizes a word corresponding to the recognized word. The device includes user-selectable personalities that are either transmitted wirelessly to the device, transmitted through a computer interface, or provided as memory cards to the device.
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19 Claims
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1. A mobile voice communication device comprising:
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a wireless transceiver circuit for transmitting and receiving auditory information and data;
a processor; and
a memory storing executable instructions which when executed on the processor causes the mobile voice communication device to provide a selectable personality associated with the device to a user of the mobile voice communication device, said executable instructions including implementing on the device a user interface that employs a plurality of different user prompts having at least one selectable personality, wherein each selectable personality of the plurality of user prompts is defined and mapped to data stored in at least one database in the mobile voice communication device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for operating a communication device that includes speech recognition capabilities, the method comprising:
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implementing on the device a user interface that employs a plurality of different user prompts, wherein each user prompt of said plurality of different user prompts is for either soliciting a corresponding spoken input from the user or informing the user about an action or state of the device and each user prompt of said plurality of different user prompts having at least one of selectable personality from a plurality of different personalities;
each personality of said plurality of different personalities being mapped to a corresponding different one of said plurality of user prompts; and
when any one of said plurality of personalities is selected by the user of the device, generating the user prompts that are mapped to the selected personality. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method comprising:
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storing in data storage a plurality of personality data files, each one of which configures a speech-enabled application to mimic a different corresponding personality;
receiving an electronic request from a user for a selected one of the personality data files;
requesting a payment obligation from the user for the selected personality data file; and
in response to receiving the payment obligation from the user, electronically transferring the selected personality data file to the user for installation in a device that contains the speech-enabled application.
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