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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:
Jun. 06, 2006

Filed:

Aug. 07, 2001
Applicants:

Kevin J. Surace, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

George M. White, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Byron B. Reeves, Stanford, CA (US);

Clifford I. Nass, Stanford, CA (US);

Mark D. Campbell, San Jose, CA (US);

Roy D. Albert, San Jose, CA (US);

James P. Giangola, Oakland, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kevin J. Surace, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

George M. White, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Byron B. Reeves, Stanford, CA (US);

Clifford I. Nass, Stanford, CA (US);

Mark D. Campbell, San Jose, CA (US);

Roy D. Albert, San Jose, CA (US);

James P. Giangola, Oakland, CA (US);

Assignee:

Ben Franklin Patent Holding, LLC, Los Altos, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention provides a voice user interface with personality. In one embodiment, a method includes executing a voice user interface, and controlling the voice user interface to provide the voice user interface with a personality. The method includes selecting a prompt based on various context situations, such as a previously selected prompt and the user's experience with using the voice user interface.


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