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Method for sending multi-media messages with customized audio

US9536544B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

Joern Ostermann · Red Bank, US
Mehmet Reha Civanlar · Middletown, US
Barbara Buda · Morristown, US
Claudio Lande · Torino, IT

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 1, 2015
Grant date	Jan 3, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 1, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG10L15/26
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method of creating a customized multi-media message to a recipient is disclosed. The multi-media message is created by a sender and contains an animated entity that delivers an audible message. The sender chooses the animated entity from a plurality of animated entities. The system receives a text message from the sender and receives a sender audio message associated with the text message. The sender audio message is associated with the chosen animated entity to create the multi-media message. The multi-media message is delivered by the animated entity using as the voice the sender audio message wherein the mouth movements of the animated entity conform to the sender audio message.

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