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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2011
Vita G. Markman, Los Angles, CA (US);
Michael Veprinsky, Encino, CA (US);
Roger H. Hughston, Lancaster, CA (US);
Andrew R. Beechum, Pasadena, CA (US);
Arkady G. Trestman, Sherman Oaks, CA (US);
Vita G. Markman, Los Angles, CA (US);
Michael Veprinsky, Encino, CA (US);
Roger H. Hughston, Lancaster, CA (US);
Andrew R. Beechum, Pasadena, CA (US);
Arkady G. Trestman, Sherman Oaks, CA (US);
Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for generating phrases for selection by users communicating in an online virtual world environment. A phrase generation engine automatically constructs new phrases using pre-approved words from a dictionary of frequently used words and language-specific rules for phrase formation to ensure safety and supplement an existing database of commonly used, pre-approved phrases. Increasing the number of phrases that are available for selection by a user increases the user expressivity. Each word in the dictionary is annotated with semantic and grammatical information that constrains how the word is combined with other words to generate a new phrase. Each new phrase may also be tagged to enable translation into a different language so a phrase in a first language selected by a first user may be displayed in a second language to a second user.