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Electronic personal companion

  • US 9,501,573 B2
  • Filed: 07/26/2013
  • Issued: 11/22/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising a device having electronics configured to interact with a human being as follow:

  • receive sensor-based ambient data corresponding to a physical item located within an environment of the human being;

    send information derived from the ambient data to a service distal from the device;

    utilize the information derived from the ambient data to initiate an audible, at least partially computer generated, question and answer conversation with the human being, by asking a question to the human being on characterizing the physical item;

    receive a proposed identification from the distal service, and relating the proposed identification to the human being as part of the audible conversation;

    receive an answer from the human being in response to the question;

    utilize the answer to infer a characteristic-value pair that characterizes the physical item; and

    bind the characteristic-value pair to the physical item,wherein the system stores the characteristic-value pair and an identifier of the physical item in a database for future use by other human beings in identifying the physical item.

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