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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:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 1/500 ;
Abstract
In an information processing apparatus, a portable device, an electronic pet apparatus, recording medium storing information processing procedures and an information processing method, various kinds of data is transmitted via a network, and in addition, words can be catalogued via voice. Further, various responses are made in accordance with user authentication, voice inputs and responses are classified into categories which are used as a basis for generating a response. Furthermore, the emotion of the electronic pet can be changed on the basis of a past history.