System and method for a communication exchange with an avatar in a media communication system
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1. A system, comprising:
- a memory that stores executable instructions; and
a controller coupled to the memory, wherein the controller, responsive to executing the executable instructions, performs operations comprising;
detecting a search for media content that is initiated from a set-top box, wherein the controller is remote from the set-top box, and wherein the controller is in communication with the set-top box over a network;
receiving audio content of a user that is captured during a communication exchange between the user and an avatar presented by the set-top box;
identifying a change in an emotional state of the user based on an analysis of speech of the user determined from the audio content;
adapting the search for the media content to generate an adapted search according to the identifying of the change in the emotional state of the user;
providing data to the set-top box for adapting characteristics of the avatar to generate an adapted avatar according to the identifying of the change in the emotional state of the user; and
causing the set-top box to present the adapted avatar presenting content from a media content source identified from the adapted search for the media content without providing search results from an unmodified search.
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Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a processor that causes a STB to present an avatar. The processor can receive from the STB a response of the user, detect from the response a change in an emotional state of the user, adapt a search for media content according to the change in the emotional state of the user, and adapt a portion of the characteristics of the avatar relating to emotional feedback according to the change in the emotional state of the user. The processor can cause the STB to present the adapted avatar presenting content from a media content source identified from the adapted search for media content. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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1. A system, comprising:
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a memory that stores executable instructions; and a controller coupled to the memory, wherein the controller, responsive to executing the executable instructions, performs operations comprising; detecting a search for media content that is initiated from a set-top box, wherein the controller is remote from the set-top box, and wherein the controller is in communication with the set-top box over a network; receiving audio content of a user that is captured during a communication exchange between the user and an avatar presented by the set-top box; identifying a change in an emotional state of the user based on an analysis of speech of the user determined from the audio content; adapting the search for the media content to generate an adapted search according to the identifying of the change in the emotional state of the user; providing data to the set-top box for adapting characteristics of the avatar to generate an adapted avatar according to the identifying of the change in the emotional state of the user; and causing the set-top box to present the adapted avatar presenting content from a media content source identified from the adapted search for the media content without providing search results from an unmodified search. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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identifying, by a system including a processor, a change in an emotional state of a user based on an analysis of a communication exchange between the user and an avatar presented by a set-top box, wherein the system is remote from the set-top box, and wherein the system is in communication with the set-top box over a network; adapting, by the system, a search for media content to generate an adapted search according to the identifying of the change in the emotional state of the user; providing, by the system, data to the set-top box for adapting characteristics of the avatar to generate an adapted avatar according to the identifying of the change in the emotional state of the user; and causing, by the system, the set-top box to present the adapted avatar presenting content from a media content source identified from the adapted search for the media content without providing search results from an unmodified search. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-readable storage device comprising computer instructions, which, responsive to being executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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providing avatar information to a set-top box to enable the set-top box to present an avatar at a display device, wherein the processor is remote from the set-top box, and wherein the processor is in communication with the set top box over a network; identifying a change in an emotional state of a user by analyzing a communication exchange between the avatar and the user, wherein the analyzing includes an analysis of a context of speech of the user, a prosody of speech of the user, a grammatical structure of speech of the user, or a combination thereof; adapting a search for media content to generate an adapted search according to the identifying of the change in the emotional state of the user; and causing the set-top box to present the avatar presenting content from a media content source identified from the adapted search for the media content without providing search results from an unmodified search. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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