System and method for personalizing electronic mail messages by rendering the messages in the voice of a predetermined speaker
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1. A method of communicating an electronic message over a wireless communications network comprising:
- controlling, by a recipient'"'"'s wireless communications device, whether a set of basis vectors is attached to the electronic message by transmitting a rendering indicator in a request message indicative of a request to download the electronic message with the set of basis vectors attached to the electronic message, wherein the set of basis vectors comprise speech parameters representative of the voice of a predetermined human speaker;
receiving the electronic message and the set of basis vectors at said recipient'"'"'s wireless communications device based on the value of the rendering indicator in the request message and a sender identity in the electronic message;
extracting the set of basis vectors from the electronic message; and
rendering the electronic message as audible speech at said recipient'"'"'s wireless communications device using the set of basis vectors.
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Abstract
Electronic messages are personalized by rendering the messages to recipients in the voice of a predetermined human speaker. This is accomplished by associating with the message payload a set of basis vectors comprising speech parameters from the predetermined human speaker for use in speech synthesis.
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1. A method of communicating an electronic message over a wireless communications network comprising:
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controlling, by a recipient'"'"'s wireless communications device, whether a set of basis vectors is attached to the electronic message by transmitting a rendering indicator in a request message indicative of a request to download the electronic message with the set of basis vectors attached to the electronic message, wherein the set of basis vectors comprise speech parameters representative of the voice of a predetermined human speaker;
receiving the electronic message and the set of basis vectors at said recipient'"'"'s wireless communications device based on the value of the rendering indicator in the request message and a sender identity in the electronic message;
extracting the set of basis vectors from the electronic message; and
rendering the electronic message as audible speech at said recipient'"'"'s wireless communications device using the set of basis vectors. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method of communicating an electronic message over a wireless communications network comprising:
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receiving the electronic message at a network server;
receiving, at the network server, a request message from a recipient'"'"'s wireless communications device to download the electronic message, the request message comprising a rendering indicator indicating that an associated set of basis vectors should be attached to the electronic message;
attaching the set of basis vectors to the electronic message based on the rendering indicator in the request message and a sender ID in the electronic message, the set of basis vectors comprising speech parameters representative of the voice of a predetermined human speaker; and
forwarding the electronic message and the attached set of basis vectors to the wireless communications device. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5)
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6. A wireless communications system comprising:
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first and second wireless communications devices;
a set of basis vectors comprising speech parameters representative of a predetermined human speaker, the set of basis vectors stored in the first wireless communications device;
wherein the first wireless communications device selectively associates the stored set of basis vectors with an electronic message to be transmitted to the second wireless communications device based on whether the second wireless communications device has previously received the set of basis vectors;
wherein the second communications device transmits a request message comprising a rendering indicator to download the electronic message and the set of basis vectors; and
wherein the set of basis vectors are attached to the electronic message based on the rendering indicator in the request message and a sender ID in the electronic message. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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