D + M Holdings Inc.

Nuance Communications, Inc.

D&m Holdings, Inc.

Robert M Kilgore

Nicholas J Murrells

Maria Astrinaki

David James

Ann ThymeGobbel

A user controls a computer application with a first multi-modal agent and a second multi modal agent. A shared context manager is configured to receive from the first agent a first intent having a first data field, and to receive from the second agent a second intent having a second data field. The shared context manager forms a modified second intent based upon the first data field, and provides the modified second intent to the second agent. An intent stack is configured to receive the first intent and the modified second intent from the shared context manager and to store the first intent and the modified second intent.

Shared context manager for cohabitating agents

A speech to text system includes a text and labels module receiving a text input and providing a text analysis and a label with a phonetic description of the text. A label buffer receives the label from the text and labels module. A parameter generation module accesses the label from the label buffer and generates a speech generation parameter. A parameter buffer receives the parameter from the parameter generation module. An audio generation module receives the text input, the label, and/or the parameter and generates a plurality of audio samples, A scheduler monitors and schedules the text and label module, the parameter generation module, and/or the audio generation module. The parameter generation module is further configured to initialize a voice identifier with a Voice Style Sheet (VSS) parameter, receive an input indicating a modification to the VSS parameter, and modify the VSS parameter according to the modification.

System providing expressive and emotive text-to-speech

A system and method for configuring a media rendering device of a media rendering system in a WLAN is disclosed. A second device is activated, and detected by a first device. The first and second devices establish a communication channel. The first device accesses biometric user data of a first user of the media rendering system, and records an audio voice phrase of a user of the second device. The system analyzes the audio voice phrase of the user of the second device to compare the audio voice phrase of the user of the second device to the biometric user data of the first user of the media rendering system. The system authenticates the audio voice phrase with respect to the biometric user data and configures the second device to render media according to a first user profile of the first user of the media rendering system.

Voice authentication and setup for wireless media rendering system

According to some aspects, a method of providing an interactive audio presentation, at least in part, by traversing a plurality of audio animations, each audio animation comprising a plurality of frames, each of the plurality of frames comprising a duration, at least one audio element, and at least one gate indicating criteria for transitioning to and identification of a subsequent frame according to one or more probabilities, and/or a subsequent animation is provided. The method comprises rendering a first audio animation, receiving input from the user associated with the presentation, selecting a second audio animation based, at least in part, on the input, and rendering the second audio animation. Some aspects include a system for performing the above method and some aspects include a computer readable medium storing instructions that perform the above method when executed by at least one processor.

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Robert M Kilgore