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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:
Mar. 05, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 23, 2022
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Igor S. Ramos, Round Rock, TX (US);

Angelo Danducci, II, Austin, TX (US);

Kimberly J. Taft, Austin, TX (US);

Devon E. Mensching, Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09B 5/04 (2006.01); A61B 5/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G10L 15/18 (2013.01); G09B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09B 5/04 (2013.01); A61B 5/165 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G10L 15/1815 (2013.01); A61B 2503/12 (2013.01); G09B 21/006 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for personalizing playback of an audio stream is provided. The present invention may include sectioning the audio stream into one or more content blocks and one or more filler blocks; determining one or more topics associated with the one or more filler blocks; determining a level of complexity associated with the one or more filler blocks; determining a listener's level of interest in and level of comprehension of the one or more topics; based on the level of complexity, the level of interest, and level of comprehension corresponding to the one or more topics, assigning a playback speed to the one or more content blocks associated with the one or more topics; and modifying the one or more content blocks to play at the assigned playback speed.


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