User agent with personality

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9965553-B2
Application number	US-201313904308-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 29, 2013
Priority date	May 29, 2013
Publication date	May 8, 2018
Grant date	May 8, 2018

Abstract

A method builds a personality of a user agent that is based on verbal and nonverbal communication preferences of a person. The user agent executes a search request from a user and displays results to the search request based on the personality of the user agent opposed to a personality of the user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method executed in a computer system, comprising:
combining, in the computer system, verbal and nonverbal communication preferences of a person and personal preferences of the person to create a personality of the person;
providing, in the computer system, the personality of the person into a personality of a user agent that executes on an electronic device of a user;
receiving, from the user and to the user agent via natural language communication, a search request;
executing the search request with a web search engine; and
ordering results to the search request based on the personality of the user agent as opposed to a personality of the user with the user agent and the user having different personalities;
detecting a presence of a minor person proximate to the electronic device but not interacting with the electronic device; and
changing, based on the presence of the minor person, verbal and nonverbal communication preferences of the user agent so the user agent does not utilize adult language while the minor person is proximate to the electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
generating the verbal and nonverbal communication preferences and the personal preferences from historical records of the person because the person is deceased.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
receiving, at the electronic device of the user and to the user agent via natural language communication, a command to navigate to a website that has a page layout;
rearranging the page layout of the website to match the personal preferences of the person that are included in the personality of the user agent.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
combining verbal and nonverbal communication preferences of another person and personal preferences of the other person to create a personality of the other person;
providing the personality of the other person into a personality of another user agent that executes on an electronic device of another user;
switching, per consent from the user and the other user, personalities of user agents such that the personality of the user agent executes on the electronic device of the other user and the personality of the other user agent executes on the electronic device of the user.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
displaying, simultaneously on the electronic device and to the user, multiple different user agents that the user can select and purchase;
displaying, with each of the multiple different user agents, a description of a personality of the user agents, names of the user agents, and personal preferences of the user agents.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
determining verbal and nonverbal communication preferences of the user;
changing the verbal and nonverbal preferences of the person that are included into the personality of the user agent to match the verbal and nonverbal communication preferences of the user.

7. A computer system, comprising:
one or more memories that store instructions; and
one or more processors that executes the instructions to:
obtain verbal and nonverbal communication preferences of different persons;
obtain personal preferences of the persons in different categories;
build, based on the verbal and nonverbal communication preferences and the personal preferences, user agents with personalities of the persons;
sell the user agents with the personalities of the persons to users that execute the user agents on electronic devices, wherein one of the persons is a deceased person, and a personality of the deceased person is generated from historical records that include verbal and nonverbal communication preferences and personal preferences of the deceased person;
detect a presence of a minor person proximate to an electronic device executing a user agent with the personality of the deceased person; and
change, based on the presence of the minor person, verbal and nonverbal communication preferences of the user agent so the user agent does not utilize adult language while the minor person is proximate to the electronic device.

8. The computer system of claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors further executes the instructions to:
display, on the electronic device, results to a search based on the personality of the deceased person of the user agent and not a personality of one of the users, wherein the user agent and the one of the users have different personalities.

9. The computer system of claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors further executes the instructions to:
display, at a social networking website of one of the users, a photograph and a biography of the one of the users;
display, at the social networking website of the one of the users, a photograph and a biography of the user agent, wherein the biography of the user agent includes personal preferences of the user agent in different categories.

10. The computer system of claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors further executes the instructions to:
provide, to one of the users and in response to a search, a search response that is based on a personal preference of the user agent that executes on the electronic device of the one of the users;
receive, from the one of the users and to the user agent, a request to explain the search response;
provide, from the user agent and to the one of the users, an answer to the request, the answer identifying the personal preference of the user agent on which the search response is based.

11. The computer system of claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors further executes the instructions to:
sell, to a first user, a first user agent with a first personality that executes on a handheld portable electronic device (HPED) of the first user;
sell, to a second user, a second user agent with a second personality that executes on an HPED of the second user;
switch, for a time period agreed upon by the first and second users, the first and second user agents such that the first user agent with the first personality executes on the HPED of the second user for the time period, and the second user agent with the second personality executes on the HPED of the first user for the time period.

12. The computer system of claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors further executes the instructions to:
sell, to a user, the user agent with the personality of the deceased person that executes on a handheld portable electronic device (HPED) of the user;
measure performance of the user in executing tasks on the HPED with assistance of the user agent;
modify the personality of the user agent to increase the performance of the user in executing the tasks on the HPED with the assistance of the user agent.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that cause a computer system to execute a method, comprising:
build a personality for a user agent that is based on verbal communication preferences of a person, nonverbal communication preferences of the person, and personal preferences of the person in different categories;
sell the user agent to a user that executes the user agent on a handheld portable electronic device (HPED);
execute, by the user agent, search requests from the user via natural language communication;
display, to the user on the HPED, results to the search requests that are based on the personal preferences of the person in the different categories and not based on personal preferences of the user;
detect a presence of a minor person proximate to the HPED executing the user agent with the personality of the person; and
change, based on th

Assignees

• Lyren Philip Scott

Inventors

• Lyren Philip Scott

Classifications

• G06F17/30867

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F3/011 Primary

  Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality (blind teaching G09B21/00) · CPC title

• G06F17/30702

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/30864 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F16/337

  Profile generation, learning or modification · CPC title