Method for sending multi-media messages with customized audio
First Claim
1. A method of delivering a multi-media message to a recipient, the multi-media message being created by a sender for delivery by an animated entity, the method comprising:
- recording an audio message from the sender;
after recording the audio message from the sender, converting the audio message to a text message and presenting the text message to the sender;
inserting at least one emoticon into the text message;
receiving a choice of one of a plurality of animated entities to deliver the message;
conforming the audio message to movements associated with the animated entity to create a multi-media message; and
delivering the multi-media message to the recipient with the animated entity speaking the recorded audio message from the sender, wherein;
when the animated entity delivers the multi-media message corresponding to the text message, the animated entity exhibits actions associated with a respective one of the at least one emoticon beginning at a point corresponding to a first predetermined amount of time before the respective one of the at least one emoticon and ending at a second point corresponding to a second predetermined amount of time after the respective one of the at least one emoticon, andthe first predetermined amount of time and the second predetermined amount of time are defined based, at least partly, on words surrounding the respective one of the at least one emoticon.
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Abstract
A system and method of creating a customized multi-media message to a recipient is disclosed. The multi-media message is created by a sender and contains an animated entity that delivers an audible message. The sender chooses the animated entity from a plurality of animated entities. The system receives a text message from the sender and receives a sender audio message associated with the text message. The sender audio message is associated with the chosen animated entity to create the multi-media message. The multi-media message is delivered by the animated entity using as the voice the sender audio message wherein the mouth movements of the animated entity conform to the sender audio message.
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15 Claims
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1. A method of delivering a multi-media message to a recipient, the multi-media message being created by a sender for delivery by an animated entity, the method comprising:
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recording an audio message from the sender; after recording the audio message from the sender, converting the audio message to a text message and presenting the text message to the sender; inserting at least one emoticon into the text message; receiving a choice of one of a plurality of animated entities to deliver the message; conforming the audio message to movements associated with the animated entity to create a multi-media message; and delivering the multi-media message to the recipient with the animated entity speaking the recorded audio message from the sender, wherein; when the animated entity delivers the multi-media message corresponding to the text message, the animated entity exhibits actions associated with a respective one of the at least one emoticon beginning at a point corresponding to a first predetermined amount of time before the respective one of the at least one emoticon and ending at a second point corresponding to a second predetermined amount of time after the respective one of the at least one emoticon, and the first predetermined amount of time and the second predetermined amount of time are defined based, at least partly, on words surrounding the respective one of the at least one emoticon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of sending a multi-media message from a sender to a recipient using an animated entity, the sender choosing the animated entity from a plurality of animated entities, the method comprising:
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recording a sender audio message; associating the sender audio message with the animated entity to create the multi-media message; using an automatic speech recognition system to convert the audio message to a text message; presenting the text message to the sender in textual form; permitting the sender to insert at least one emoticon into the text message; using the text message to coordinate mouth movements for the animated entity; and processing the multi-media message for the recipient such that the animated entity speaks the sender audio message, wherein; when the animated entity speaks the sender audio message corresponding to the text message, the animated entity exhibits actions associated with a respective one of the at least one emoticon beginning at a point corresponding to a first predetermined amount of time before the respective one of the at least one emoticon and ending at a second point corresponding to a second predetermined amount of time after the respective one of the at least one emoticon, and the first predetermined amount of time and the second predetermined amount of time are defined based, at least partly, on words surrounding the respective one of the at least one emoticon. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of providing a synthesized voice with sender voice characteristics, the method comprising:
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receiving an audio recording, associated with a message, from a sender; after receiving the audio recording, using an automatic speech recognizer and presenting a text message corresponding to the audio recording to the sender; permitting the sender to insert at least one emoticon into the text message; parameterizing the audio recording into audio parameters; and using the audio parameters, synthesizing a voice that is not the sender'"'"'s voice but includes at least one sender voice characteristic for delivery of the message with an animated entity speaking the message corresponding to the text message, with the synthesized voice, wherein; when the animated entity speaks the message the animated entity exhibits actions associated with a respective one of the at least one emoticon beginning at a point corresponding to a first predetermined amount of time before the respective one of the at least one emoticon and ending at a second point corresponding to a second predetermined amount of time after the respective one of the at least one emoticon, and the first predetermined amount of time and the second predetermined amount of time are defined based, at least partly on words surrounding the respective one of the at least one emoticon. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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