Method For Communicating and Displaying Interactive Avatar
OwnerJames Yiannios, Mourad Ben Ayedinventors
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Abstract
A method for communication and for displaying an interactive avatar or hologram corresponding to a remote party.
Claims16
1- A method for communication and for displaying an avatar corresponding to a remote party comprising:
- on start of a call, acquire data corresponding to avatar definition of remote party;
- display an avatar corresponding to a remote party on a wireless terminal, periodically analyze inbound voice;
- on detection of a change in voice characteristics in said inbound voice,
- automatically display new avatar images corresponding to new voice characteristics.
2- The method of claim 1 wherein said voice characteristics are selected from the set comprised of:
- tone, pitch, laugher, crying, anger.
3- The method of claim 1 wherein said call is a VoIP call.
4- The method of claim 1 wherein said avatar is selected from the set comprised of:
- a computer generated character,
- a cartoon character,
- a historically significant public figure,
- a video game character,
- a literary character,
- a movie character,
- an animal character.
5- The method of claim 1 wherein:
- on receipt of instructions from said remote party, said instructions indicating changes in avatar parameters selected from the set comprising:
- appearance, motion parameters, language and sound,
- said changes are applied immediately.
6- The method of claim 1 wherein:
- if the language of said remote party is different from the language preference of current user, automatically:
- convert inbound voice to the language of current user,
- convert outbound voice to the language of remote party.
7- The method of claim 6 wherein:
- said language is determined by analyzing a voice stream sample from said remote party.
8- The method of claim 1 comprising:
- projecting a 3-dimensional hologram corresponding to said avatar.
9- The method of claim 8 whereby:
- on detection of a change in voice characteristics in said inbound voice, automatically display new hologram corresponding to new voice characteristics.
10- The method of claim 1 comprising:
- projecting a 3-dimensional hologram corresponding to said remote party.
11- The method of claim 1 comprising:
- connecting to a remote communication system,
- obtaining avatar data from said communication system,
- displaying said avatar.
12- The method of claim 1 wherein said avatar is a 3-D avatar.
13- A method for communicating with a second party using a wireless personal communication device comprising:
- automatically analyze voice from said second party and determine the language of said second party,
- if the language of said second party is different from the language preference of the current user, automatically:
- convert inbound voice to the language of said current user in real-time, convert outbound voice to the language of said second party in real-time,
- display avatar corresponding to said second party.
14- A method for communication and for displaying an avatar corresponding to a remote party comprising:
- on start of a call, acquire data corresponding to avatar definition of remote party;
- display an avatar corresponding to a remote party on a wireless terminal, periodically analyze inbound voice;
- on detection of a change in voice characteristics in said inbound voice,
- automatically apply update said avatar with visual effects corresponding to new voice characteristics.
15- The method of claim 14 wherein said visual effects are selected from the set comprised of:
- laugh, smile, tears, crying, anger, confused.
16- The method of claim 14 comprising:
- applying lip movement to said avatar, said lip movements are synchronized with the voice received from said remote party.