Seriosity, Inc.

Ben Franklin Patent Holding LLC

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Intellectual Ventures I LLC

General Magic, Inc.

Byron B Reeves

Kevin J Surace

George M White

Clifford Ivar Nass

Roy David Albert

Mark D Campbell

James P Giangola

David Abecassis

Daniel Rubin

Leighton Read

Simon Roy

Helen Cheng

Mark Phillips

The present invention provides a voice user interface with personality. In one embodiment, a method includes executing a voice user interface, and controlling the voice user interface to provide the voice user interface with a personality. The method includes selecting a prompt based on various context situations, such as a previously selected prompt and the user's experience with using the voice user interface.

Voice user interface with personality

A centrally tracked artificial currency is provided within the context of an enterprise. This currency serves as a unit of account, medium of exchange, and store of value in a corporate 'attention economy.' Users (typically coworkers) in the enterprise are allotted a base number of currency units, which they can earn, exchange, and spend in a variety of ways to signal importance and 'purchase' attention of others, or priority for other organization resources. In one aspect, senders of messages can specify an amount of currency to be associated with the message, so that recipients can see the specified amount before deciding whether to read the message. Once such a system is in use, it facilitates exchange of value based on user-created transactions regarding behavior, communication, resources, incentives, and priorities.

Attention economy for attention to messages, tasks and resources

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Stanford, CA, United States of America

Byron B Reeves