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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018

Filed:

Aug. 04, 2016
Applicant:

The Affinity Project, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);

Inventors:

Mark Alan Fanty, Norfolk, MA (US);

Ronald Steven Suskind, Cambridge, MA (US);

Stuart R. Patterson, Hingham, MA (US);

John Nguyen, Lexington, MA (US);

Stephen R. Springer, Needham, MA (US);

Assignee:

The Affinity Project, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09B 21/00 (2006.01); G09B 5/12 (2006.01); G10L 13/02 (2013.01); G09B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09B 5/125 (2013.01); G09B 19/00 (2013.01); G10L 13/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A service may be provided that allows interacting users to interact with characters presented by devices of the interacting users. The operation of the character presented to an interacting user may be customized for that interacting user. For example, a first controlling user may specify first information for configuring or controlling the operation of the character when the character is interacting with a first interacting user, and a second controlling user may specify second information for configuring or controlling the operation of the character when the character is interacting with a second interacting user. The information provided by a controlling user may be used to select a segment to be used for a session between an interacting user and the character.


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