METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PROVIDING A PERSONALIZED PERFORMANCE

• US 20090254836A1
• Filed: 06/21/2007
• Published: 10/08/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nathan Bajrach
• Original Assignee: Nathan Bajrach
• Inventors: Bajrach, Nathan
• Granted Patent: US 8,285,654 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/745
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs

Abstract

A computer for use with a system capable of providing a personalized performance of at least one story having a predefined timeline and a method of operating the system. The method comprises receiving one or more inputs from one or more users; analyzing at least said received inputs in order to recognize one or more components comprised in said inputs thus giving rise to actual input components; matching said actual input components to a set of predefined input components; modifying the story timeline in accordance with results of said matching; and generating the performance in accordance with the modified story timeline. The method and/or computer may be used to at least one of the following applications: personalized presentation; message positioning and persuasion application; simulated teacher performance application; performance and business indicators analysis application; simulated tour guide application; simulated hostess application; self-introduction related application; dating services related application; blog service and navigation application; social and networking service application; public relations and promotional services application; entertainment application; medical and health care services application; customer support services application, etc.

Claims

1. For use in a system capable of providing a personalized performance of at least one story having a predefined timeline, a computer supporting at least one user interface configured to facilitate an interaction of one or more users with the computer, said interaction comprising receiving one or more inputs from the users and facilitating providing the performance thereof;

wherein the computer is configured to modify the story timeline in accordance with one or more received inputs, to generate a performance in accordance with the modified story timeline, and to facilitate providing said generated performance to the user via the user interface.

2. The computer of claim 1 wherein the user interface is operatively associated with a communication device having input and output capabilities and capable to communicate with the computer.

3. The computer of claim 1 configured to provide the personalized performance as a service or part thereof provided by a service provider.

4. The computer of claim 1 further comprising a performance interface configured to facilitate an interaction with a service provider.

5. The computer of claim 1 further comprising a user database with information related to one or more users and/or users'"'"' group, said information related to at least one subject selected from a group comprising:

general personal information, demographic details, user profile, personal preferences, mood at certain time, attitude at certain time, historical information, statistical information.

6. The computer of claim 5 further configured to analyze inputs received from a certain user in respect to certain timeline, define one or more indicators of user'"'"'s communication style and/or one or more attributes characterizing user'"'"'s personality, and to update the user database accordingly.

7. The computer of claim 1 further comprising a media library containing one or more media items to be used when generating the performance of the story.

8. The computer of claim 1 further comprising a scripts library containing at least one or more scripts and/or one or more story boards related to one or more episodes of one or more stories.

9. The computer of claim 5 further configured to modify the predefined timeline for a certain user in accordance with information comprised in the user database and related to said user.

10. The computer of claim 8 further configured to modify at least one script or story board based on data previously obtained during interacting with one or more users.

11. The computer of claim 1 further comprising a components library comprising a set of predefined input components.

12. The computer of claim 11 further configured to modify the set of predefined input components based on data previously obtained during interacting with one or more users.

13. The computer of claim 11 further comprising an input analysis unit operatively coupled with the components library and configured to parse one or more received user'"'"'s inputs, recognize one or more components comprised in said inputs, thus giving rise to actual input components, and to match said actual input components to the predefined input components.

14. The computer of claim 13 further comprising an event details records unit operatively coupled with the input analysis unit and configured to receive data and/or derivatives thereof from the input analysis unit for accommodation, wherein the event detail records comprise at least data related to matching between actual and predefined input components.

15. The computer of claim 14 wherein the event details records further comprises at least one subject selected from the group comprising:

(a) user inputs and/or derivatives thereof;

(b) user related information;

(c) context information comprising position in the story timeline, media item currently presented to the user and/or currently activated script/story.

16. The computer of claim 14 further comprising a controller unit operatively coupled with the events details records unit and configured to receive data from the events details records unit and to select one or more appropriate actions in accordance with certain rules.

17. The computer of claim 16 further comprising an output manager configured to communicate with the controller unit and generate the performance in the actions selected by the controller unit and communicated to the output manager.

18. The computer of claim 1 wherein the received user'"'"'s inputs comprise at least one input selected from a group comprising:

(a) text input;

(b) audio input;

(c) video input;

(d) speech input;

(e) image input;

(f) information related to predefined elements of the user interface;

(g) mood characteristics;

(h) attitude characteristics.

19. The computer of claim 1 wherein the provided performance comprises at least one output selected from a group comprising:

(a) text output;

(b) audio output;

(c) video output;

(d) speech output;

(e) image output.

20. Use of the computer of claim 1 for at least one application selected from a group comprising:

(a) personalized presentation;

(b) message positioning and persuasion application;

(c) simulated teacher performance application;

(d) performance and business indicators analysis application;

(e) simulated tour guide application;

(f) simulated hostess application;

(g) self-introduction related application;

(h) dating services related application;

(i) blog service and navigation application;

(j) social and networking service application;

(k) public relations and promotional services application;

(l) entertainment application;

(m) medical and health care services application;

(n) customer support services application.

21. The computer of claim 4 wherein the interaction with a service provider comprises obtaining from the service provider one or more media items, scripts and/or story boards personalized for a certain user and/or user group.

22. A method of operating a system capable of providing a personalized performance of a story having a predefined timeline, the method comprising:

(a) receiving one or more inputs from one or more users;

(b) analyzing at least said received inputs in order to recognize one or more components comprised in said inputs thus giving rise to actual input components;

(c) matching said actual input components to a set of predefined input components;

(d) modifying the story timeline in accordance with results of said matching; and

(e) generating the performance in accordance with the modified story timeline.

23. The method of claim 22 wherein the inputs received from one or more users are substantially concurrent.

24. The method of claim 22 wherein the recognition is provided by segmenting the received inputs and matching the resulting segments to one or more predefined potential components, thus giving rise to the actual input components being result of a positive match.

25. The method of claim 24 wherein at least one potential component among the predefined potential components is configured to provide a positive match with two or more segments.

26. The method of claim 22 further comprising:

(a) recording said matched predefined input components in one or more fields of an event details record;

(b) analyzing said event details record in order to define if data in one or more certain fields or combinations thereof matches a certain criterion;

(c) modifying the story timeline in a case of positive match.

27. The method of claim 26 further comprising receiving data related to at least one element of the group comprising user profile, operational session and story context, and recording said data in the event details record in appropriate fields;

wherein at least one of said appropriate fields is included in the analysis of the event details record.

28. The method of claim 26 wherein at least one certain field analyzed in the event details records is selected from the group comprising:

(a) user inputs and/or derivatives thereof;

(b) user related information;

(c) context information comprising position in the story timeline, media item currently presented to the user and/or currently activated script/story.

29. The method of claim 22 wherein the personalized performance is provided as a service provider'"'"'s service or part thereof.

30. The method of claim 22 further comprising an interaction with a service provider.

31. The method of claim 29 wherein the interaction with service provider comprises obtaining from the service provider one or more media items, scripts and/or story boards personalized for a certain user and/or user group.

32. The method of claim 22 further comprising:

(a) analyzing inputs received from a certain user in respect to certain timeline;

(b) defining one or more indicators of a user'"'"'s communication style and/or one or more attributes characterizing user'"'"'s personality, and

(c) modifying said certain timeline in accordance with results of operation b).

33. The method of claim 22 further comprising obtaining information related to a certain user and/or users'"'"' group, said information related to at least one subject selected from a group comprising:

general personal information, demographic details, user profile, personal preferences, mood at certain time, attitude at certain time, historical information, and statistical information, and modifying the timeline for a certain user in accordance with said information.

34. The method of claim 22 further comprising modifying at least one predefined input component based on data previously obtained during interacting with one or more users.

35. The method of claim 22 wherein the received user'"'"'s inputs comprise at least one input selected from a group comprising:

(a) text input;

(b) audio input;

(c) video input;

(d) speech input;

(e) image input;

(f) information related to predefined elements of the user interface;

(g) mood characteristics;

(h) attitude characteristics.

36. The method of claim 22 wherein the provided performance comprises at least one output selected from a group comprising:

(a) text output;

(b) audio output;

(c) video output;

(d) speech output;

(e) image output.

37. Use of the method of claim 22 for at least one application selected from a group comprising:

(a) personalized presentation;

(b) message positioning and persuasion application;

(c) simulated teacher performance application;

(d) performance and business indicators analysis application;

(e) simulated tour guide application;

(f) simulated hostess application;

(g) self-introduction related application;

(h) dating services related application;

(i) blog service and navigation application;

(j) social and networking service application;

(k) public relations and promotional services application;

(l) entertainment application;

(m) medical and health care services application;

(n) customer support services application.

38. A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps of operating a system capable of a personalized performance of a story having a predefined timeline, the method comprising:

(a) receiving one or more inputs from one or more users;

(b) analyzing at least said received inputs in order to recognize one or more components comprised in said inputs thus giving rise to actual input components;

(c) matching said actual input components to a set of predefined input components;

(d) modifying the story timeline in accordance with results of said matching;

(e) generating the performance in accordance with the modified story timeline.

39. A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein of operating a system capable of a personalized performance of a story having a predefined timeline, the computer program product comprising:

(a) computer readable program code for causing the computer to receive one or more inputs from one or more users;

(b) computer readable program code for causing the computer to analyze at least said received inputs in order to recognize one or more components comprised in said inputs thus giving rise to actual input components;

(c) computer readable program code for causing the computer to match said actual input components to a set of predefined input components;

(d) computer readable program code for causing the computer to modify the story timeline in accordance with results of said matching;

(e) computer readable program code for causing the computer to generate the performance in accordance with the modified story timeline.

40. A method of operating a system capable of performing a persuasion related story having a predefined timeline, the method comprising:

(a) receiving one or more inputs from one or more users;

(b) analyzing at least said received inputs in order to recognize one or more components comprised in said inputs thus giving rise to actual input components;

(c) matching said actual input components to a set of predefined input components;

(d) modifying the story timeline in accordance with results of said matching;

(e) generating the performance in accordance with the modified story timeline.

41. The method of claim 40 wherein the story is related to at least one subject selected from a group comprising

(a) communication with a politician,

(b) promotion of certain product;

(c) education;

(d) traveling;

(e) self-introduction;

(f) social networking;

(g) entertainment;

(h) customers service;

(i) health care service;

(j) public relationship.

42. The method of claim 40 further comprising defining among previously received inputs one or more inputs frequently used in respect to certain context, and proposing said inputs as a default selection within respective context.

43. The method of claim 40 further comprising recording data related, at least, to user inputs with respect to respective context, and analyzing said data in order to provide one or more indicators of efficiency of the persuasion.