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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. 09, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 31, 2007
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, San Jose, 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, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Intellectual Ventures I LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/00 (2013.01); G10L 25/00 (2013.01); G10L 15/00 (2013.01); G10L 15/18 (2013.01); G10L 13/00 (2006.01); H04M 3/493 (2006.01); G10L 13/033 (2013.01); G10L 15/19 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); H04M 3/487 (2006.01); H04M 3/533 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/4936 (2013.01); G10L 13/033 (2013.01); G10L 15/19 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); H04M 3/487 (2013.01); H04M 3/493 (2013.01); H04M 3/53383 (2013.01); H04M 2201/40 (2013.01); H04M 2201/60 (2013.01); H04M 2203/355 (2013.01);
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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