Apparatus and method for socially intelligent virtual entity
US7944448B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 14, 2005 |
| Grant date | May 17, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 17, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q90/00
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An agent that receives an input event and outputs Emotion_Response messages based on personality trait indices and emotional state indices is disclosed. The agent has a social response generator that receives an input event, an output from an emotional state register and an output from a predefined personality trait register, and updates at least one of a current state of the emotional state register or a Social_Response message stored an event buffer. The agent has an emotion generator that outputs an Emotion_Response message based on at least one of the Social_Response message stored in the event buffer, one or more outputs of the predefined personality trait register, or one or more outputs of the emotional state register. The agent operates within an environment server that provides contextual environment that facilitates interaction amongst a group of agents, which receive input events from the contextual environment and outputs emotional response messages thereto.
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