Dynamic destination-determined multimedia avatars for interactive on-line communications
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsRabindranath Dutta, Michael A. Paolini
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Abstract
Transforms are used for transcoding input text, audio and/or video input to provide a choice of text, audio and/or video output. Transcoding may be performed at a system operated by the communications originator, an intermediate transfer point in the communications path, and/or at one or more system(s) operated by the recipient(s). Transcoding of the communications input, particular voice and image portions, may be employed to alter identifying characteristics to create an avatar for a user originating the communications input.
Claims21
A method for controlling communications, comprising:
- receiving communications content and determining a text, audio, or video input mode of the content;
- determining a user-specified text, audio, or video output mode for the content for delivering the content to a destination;
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- transcoding the content from the text, audio, or video input mode to the user-specified text, audio, or video output mode prior to delivering the content to the destination utilizing a transcoder selected from the group consisting of a text-to-text transcoder, a text-to-audio transcoder, a text-to-video transcoder, an audio-to-text transcoder, an audio-to-audio transcoder, an audio-to-video transcoder, a video-to-text transcoder, a video-to-audio transcoder, and a video-to-video transcoder.
A system for controlling communications, comprising:
- means for receiving communications content and determining a text, audio, or video input mode of the content;
- means for determining a user-specified text, audio, or video output mode for the content for delivering the content to a destination;
- and
- means for transcoding the content from the text, audio, or video input mode to the user-specified text, audio, or video output mode prior to delivering the content to the destination utilizing a transcoder selected from the group consisting of a text-to-text transcoder, a text-to-audio transcoder, a text-to-video transcoder, an audio-to-text transcoder, an audio-to-audio transcoder, an audio-to-video transcoder, a video-to-text transcoder, a video-to-audio transcoder, and a video-to-video transcoder.
A computer program product within a computer usable medium for controlling communications, comprising:
- instructions for receiving communications content and deter a text, audio, or video input mode of the content;
- instructions for determining a user-specified text, audio, or video output mode for the content for delivering the content to a destination;
- and
- instructions for transcoding the content from the text, audio, or video input mode to the user-specified text, audio, or video output mode prior to delivering the content to the destination utilizing a transcoder selected from the group consisting of a text-to-text transcoder, a text-to-audio transcoder, a text-to-video transcoder, an audio-to-text transcoder, an audio-to-audio transcoder, and audio-to-video transcoder, a video-to-text transcoder, a video-to-audio transcoder, and a video-to-video transcoder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.