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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:
Nov. 15, 2016

Filed:

Jun. 12, 2012
Applicant:

Robert M. Kilgore, Brooklyn, NY (US);

Inventor:

Robert M. Kilgore, Brooklyn, NY (US);

Assignee:

Nuance Communications, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/00 (2013.01); G10L 21/00 (2013.01); G10L 19/00 (2013.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G09B 5/04 (2006.01); H04M 3/493 (2006.01); H04M 3/56 (2006.01); G10L 15/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30775 (2013.01); G09B 5/04 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); H04M 3/4938 (2013.01); H04M 3/567 (2013.01); G10L 15/26 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to some aspects, a method of providing an interactive audio presentation, at least in part, by traversing a plurality of audio animations, each audio animation comprising a plurality of frames, each of the plurality of frames comprising a duration, at least one audio element, and at least one gate indicating criteria for transitioning to and identification of a subsequent frame according to one or more probabilities, and/or a subsequent animation is provided. The method comprises rendering a first audio animation, receiving input from the user associated with the presentation, selecting a second audio animation based, at least in part, on the input, and rendering the second audio animation. Some aspects include a system for performing the above method and some aspects include a computer readable medium storing instructions that perform the above method when executed by at least one processor.


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