Digital companions for human users
US9704103B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 16, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jul 11, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 16, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L2021/0135
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A succession of conversations are facilitated between a user of a device and a non-human companion portrayed on the device, to develop a relationship between the user and the non-human companion over a time period that spans the successive conversations. The relationship is developed between the user and the non-human companion to cause a change in a state of the user over the time period. A conversation is facilitated by presenting a segment of speech of the non-human companion to the user and detecting a segment of speech of the user, the segments including a portion of the conversation. At the device, information is received from an intelligent agent about a next segment of speech to be presented to the user, as determined by the intelligent agent based on intelligent processes applied to the segment of speech of the user and to the change in state to be caused.
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