Automatic genre-based voice prompts
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1. An adaptive prompt system comprising:
- a plurality of audio files comprising audible prompts for an occupant of a vehicle, each of the audio files representing a particular genre and having audible characteristics associated with the particular genre;
a processor for generating a user preference data representing a preferred genre based upon genre data downloaded through a data interface from a predetermined location, the data interface selectively receiving the genre data through one of a wired interface, a wireless interface, a radio tuner and the Internet, the processor analyzing the genre data and selecting one of the audio files based upon the generated user preference data; and
a communication device in signal communication with the processor to receive the one of the audio files selected and transmitting the one of the audio files selected as one of the audible prompts.
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Abstract
An adaptive prompt system includes a plurality of audio files, each of the audio files representing a particular genre and having audible characteristics associated with the particular genre, a user preference data representing a preferred genre, a processor for analyzing the user preference data and selecting one of the audio files based upon the user preference data, and a communication device in signal communication with the processor to receive the one of the audio files selected and transmitting the one of the audio files selected as an audio output.
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16 Claims
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1. An adaptive prompt system comprising:
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a plurality of audio files comprising audible prompts for an occupant of a vehicle, each of the audio files representing a particular genre and having audible characteristics associated with the particular genre; a processor for generating a user preference data representing a preferred genre based upon genre data downloaded through a data interface from a predetermined location, the data interface selectively receiving the genre data through one of a wired interface, a wireless interface, a radio tuner and the Internet, the processor analyzing the genre data and selecting one of the audio files based upon the generated user preference data; and a communication device in signal communication with the processor to receive the one of the audio files selected and transmitting the one of the audio files selected as one of the audible prompts. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An adaptive prompt system comprising:
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a storage device including a plurality of audio files, each of the audio files representing an audible prompt for an occupant of a vehicle representative of a particular genre and having audible characteristics associated with the particular genre; a data interface; a processor in signal communication with the storage device and the data interface to generate a user preference data representing a preferred genre based upon genre data downloaded through the data interface from a predetermined location, the data interface selectively receiving the genre data through one of a wired interface, a wireless interface, a radio tuner and the Internet, wherein the processor analyzes the genre data, and selects one of the audio files based upon the generated user preference data; and a communication device in signal communication with the processor to receive the select one of the audio files and transmitting the select one of the audio files as one of the audible prompts. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of controlling an audible prompt, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) comparing a preferred genre extracted from a user preference data based upon genre data downloaded through a data interface from a predetermined location, the data interface selectively receiving the genre data through one of a wired interface, a wireless interface, a radio tuner and the Internet to a plurality of audio files, each of the audio files including one or more audible prompts having a particular genre associated therewith; b) selecting one of the audio files based upon the comparing of step a), wherein the particular genre of the one of the audio files selected matches the preferred genre; and c) generating the audible prompt from the one of the audio files selected. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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