Establishing a multimodal personality for a multimodal application
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A method of establishing a multimodal personality for a multimodal application, the method comprising acts of:
- selecting, for use by the multimodal application, a vocal demeanor from a plurality of vocal demeanors, the vocal demeanor being characterized by a first attribute;
selecting, for use by the multimodal application, a visual demeanor from a plurality of visual demeanors, the visual demeanor being characterized by a second attribute, wherein;
the visual demeanor is selectable separately from the vocal demeanor;
the visual demeanor is selected based on analyzing one or more aspects of a user'"'"'s history; and
the vocal and visual demeanors are selected such that the first attribute of the vocal demeanor matches the second attribute of the visual demeanor; and
incorporating, by the multimodal application, the matching vocal and visual demeanors as a multimodal personality into the multimodal application.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and computer program products are described for establishing a multimodal personality for a multimodal application that include selecting, by the multimodal application, matching vocal and visual demeanors and incorporating, by the multimodal application, the matching vocal and visual demeanors as a multimodal personality into the multimodal application.
-
Citations
17 Claims
-
1. A method of establishing a multimodal personality for a multimodal application, the method comprising acts of:
-
selecting, for use by the multimodal application, a vocal demeanor from a plurality of vocal demeanors, the vocal demeanor being characterized by a first attribute; selecting, for use by the multimodal application, a visual demeanor from a plurality of visual demeanors, the visual demeanor being characterized by a second attribute, wherein; the visual demeanor is selectable separately from the vocal demeanor; the visual demeanor is selected based on analyzing one or more aspects of a user'"'"'s history; and the vocal and visual demeanors are selected such that the first attribute of the vocal demeanor matches the second attribute of the visual demeanor; and incorporating, by the multimodal application, the matching vocal and visual demeanors as a multimodal personality into the multimodal application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
-
-
7. Apparatus for establishing a multimodal personality for a multimodal application, the apparatus comprising a computer processor and a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions capable of:
-
selecting, for use by the multimodal application, matching vocal and visual demeanors by; retrieving a user profile from storage; selecting a vocal demeanor in dependence upon the retrieved user profile, the vocal demeanor being selected from a plurality of vocal demeanors and being characterized by a first attribute; and selecting a visual demeanor in dependence upon the retrieved user profile, the visual demeanor being selected from a plurality of visual demeanors and being characterized by a second attribute, wherein the visual demeanor is selectable separately from the vocal demeanor, and the vocal and visual demeanors are selected such that the first attribute of the vocal demeanor matches the second attribute of the visual demeanor; and incorporating, by the multimodal application, the matching vocal and visual demeanors as a multimodal personality into the multimodal application. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
-
-
12. A computer program product for establishing a multimodal personality for a multimodal application, the computer program product disposed upon a computer-readable storage device, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions capable of
selecting, for use by the multimodal application, a vocal demeanor from a plurality of vocal demeanors, the vocal demeanor being characterized by a first attribute; -
selecting, for use by the multimodal application, a visual demeanor from a plurality of visual demeanors, the visual demeanor being characterized by a second attribute, wherein; the visual demeanor is selectable separately from the vocal demeanor; the visual demeanor is selected based on analyzing one or more aspects of a user'"'"'s history; and the vocal and visual demeanors are selected such that the first attribute of the vocal demeanor matches the second attribute of the visual demeanor; and incorporating, by the multimodal application, the matching vocal and visual demeanors as a multimodal personality into the multimodal application, wherein the signal bearing medium comprises a recordable medium. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
-
Specification
-
- Resources
Litigation Campaign Assessment
Thank you for your request. You will receive a custom alert email when the Litigation Campaign Assessment is available.
×
-
Current AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
-
Original AssigneeNuance Communications, Inc. (Microsoft Corporation)
-
InventorsCross, Charles W. Jr., Pike, Hilary A.
-
Primary Examiner(s)ROBERTS, SHAUN A
-
Application NumberUS13/287,031Publication NumberTime in Patent Office903 DaysField of Search704/270, 704/275US Class Current704/270CPC Class CodesG06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, ...G10L 13/00 Speech synthesis; Text to s...
