Personality-based device

• US 8,285,549 B2
• Filed: 02/24/2012
• Issued: 10/09/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Teegan, Hugh A., Badger, Eric N., Linerud, Drew E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Smits, Talivaldis Ivars
• Application Number:
  US13/404,048
• Publication Number:
  US 20120150543A1
• Time in Patent Office: 228 Days
• Field of Search: 704/260
• US Class Current: 704/260
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/033 Voice editing, e.g. manipulating the voice of the synthesiser
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2021/0135 Voice conversion or morphing

Abstract

A personality-based theme may be provided. A prompt and an input indicating a personality may be received. Next, a voice font corresponding to the personality may be determined. The voice font may then be applied to the received prompt by augmenting the voice font applied prompt with recorded phrases of the personality.

Claims

1. A method for providing a personality-based theme, the method comprising:

receiving a prompt;

receiving an input indicating a personality;

determining a voice font corresponding to the personality; and

applying the voice font to the received prompt wherein applying the voice font to the prompt further comprises augmenting the voice font applied prompt with recorded phrases of the personality.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the input indicating the personality comprises receiving the input from a user.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the prompt comprises receiving the prompt from a user.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising producing the voice font applied prompt at an output device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein producing the voice font applied prompt at the output device comprises producing the voice font applied prompt at the output device disposed within a mobile device.

6. The method of claim 3, further comprising altering the prompt to conform with a grammatical style of the personality.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein at least a portion of an exterior of the system comprises a cover associated with the predetermined personality.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the voice font comprises querying a personality voice font database for the voice font, the voice font being created based on recordings the personality'"'"'s voice.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein querying the personality voice font database for the voice font comprises querying the personality voice font database for the voice font configured to make the prompt sound like the personality when produced.

10. A system for providing a personality-based theme, the system comprising:

a memory storage; and

a processing unit coupled to the memory storage, wherein the processing unit is operative to;

receive an input indicating a personality;

determine a voice font associated with the personality; and

produce audio content corresponding to the personality with the voice font wherein the audio content comprises a synthesized voice configured to sound like the personality, the synthesized voice being altered to conform with a grammatical style of the predetermined personality.

11. The system of claim 10, further comprising the processing unit being operative to produce graphical content corresponding to the personality.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the graphical content comprises at least one of the following:

an image associated with the predetermined personality and a video clip associated with the predetermined personality.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the graphical content comprises at least one of the following:

an object associated with the personality, a likeness of the personality, and a color scheme associated with the personality, video content performed by the personality, video content composed by the personality, video content written by the predetermined personality, video content recorded by the predetermined personality, video content associated with a movie associated with the predetermined personality, and video content associated with a television program associated with the personality.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the audio content comprises a ring tone.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the audio content comprises content recorded from the personality.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the audio content comprises at least one of the following:

sound content performed by the personality, sound content composed by the personality, sound content written by the personality, sound content recorded by the personality, sound content associated with a movie associated with the personality, and sound content associated with a television program associated with the personality.

17. A method for providing a personality-based theme, the method comprising:

receiving an input indicating a personality;

determining a voice font associated with the personality; and

producing audio content corresponding to the personality with the voice font wherein the audio content comprises a synthesized voice configured to sound like the personality, the synthesized voice being altered to conform with a grammatical style of the predetermined personality.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising producing graphical content corresponding to the personality.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein producing the audio content comprises producing the audio content comprising a ring tone.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein producing the audio content comprises producing the audio content recorded from the personality.