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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2019
Applicant:
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
John Weldon Nicholson, Cary, NC (US);
Ming Qian, Cary, NC (US);
Song Wang, Cary, NC (US);
Ryan Charles Knudson, Durham, NC (US);
Roderick Echols, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Assignee:
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 25/63 (2013.01); G10L 15/18 (2013.01); G10L 15/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 15/1807 (2013.01); G10L 15/1815 (2013.01); G10L 15/26 (2013.01); G10L 25/63 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01);
Abstract
One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, audible user input; determining, subsequent to the receiving, an intonation with which the audible user input was provided; assigning, based on the determined intonation, an expressive meaning to the audible user input; and performing, based on the expressive meaning, a corresponding function. Other aspects are described and claimed.