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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:
May. 26, 2009

Filed:

May. 08, 2006
Applicants:

Robert Samuel Cooper, Columbia, SC (US);

Derek Sanders, Columbia, SC (US);

Jeffrey F. Mcelroy, Columbia, SC (US);

Inventors:

Robert Samuel Cooper, Columbia, SC (US);

Derek Sanders, Columbia, SC (US);

Jeffrey F. McElroy, Columbia, SC (US);

Assignee:

Avaya Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 25/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method, apparatus and computer program product for providing auditory feedback in a personal virtual assistant (PVA) is presented. A user communication is received at the PVA. A determination is made whether an event sound is required in response to the receiving a user communication and upon determination that an event sound is required, an event sound is provided to the user and upon determination that an event sound is not required an event sound is not provided to the user. A response to the communication received from the user is determined and is transmitted to the user.


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