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US 2014/0194201 A1Published application
Communication methods and apparatus for online games
AssigneeRockstar Bidco, LP
InventorsIan Domville, Henry Rawlinson
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Abstract
By providing voice recognition in a gaming environment, an IVR server may operate to revoice a player with a voice tone pitch and accent more appropriate to the player's character. This improves the quality of the illusion of the game play. Furthermore, accurate volume may be applied to particular voices dependent on their location relative to the player and the game may be controlled using voice commands.
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A method of communicating in an online game, comprising:
- receiving speech from a player of the online game;
- performing speech recognition on the received speech;
- generating a representation of the recognized speech as speech data in non-speech format;
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- regenerating speech from the speech data in the non-speech format for presentation to at least one other player of the online game, the regenerated speech having a predetermined speech characteristics.
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A method of controlling an online game, comprising:
- receiving speech from a player of the online game;
- performing speech recognition on the received speech;
- generating a representation of the recognized speech as speech data in an internal format;
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- controlling at least one aspect of the online game based on at least some of the speech data in the internal format.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.