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Method and apparatus for recognizing and reacting to user personality in accordance with speech recognition system

  • US 8,719,035 B2
  • Filed: 03/26/2008
  • Issued: 05/06/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of recognizing a personality trait associated with a user interacting with a speech recognition system, comprising the steps of:

  • obtaining one or more decoded spoken utterances of the user, the one or more decoded spoken utterances being generated by the speech recognition system;

    providing a plurality of questions to the user about his or her personality;

    receiving a response to each of the plurality of questions from the user;

    analyzing, using at least one processor, the one or more decoded spoken utterances to determine one or more linguistic attributes associated with the one or more decoded spoken utterances, wherein the determined one or more linguistic attributes include the number of compound words in the one or more decoded spoken utterances; and

    determining the personality trait associated with the user based on the number of compound words exceeding a threshold and based on the content of the response to each of the plurality of questions.

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