Cyberpersonalities in artificial reality

摘要

The invention concerns cyberpersonalities, including their and varied use in artificial reality. A cyberpersonality is comprised of a base personality (12). The base personality (12) is selected from a set of base personalities, each one representing the personality of a theoretical person. The cyberpersonality also includes a dynamic personality (14) that reflects the actual person (real or company) that the cyberpersonality is meant to represent and is able to learn. Information contained in the base (12) and dynamic (14) personality can be used to allow the person that the cyberpersonality mimics to interact in the artificial reality without direct control. The cybersonality can chat with third parties, including asking questions and answering questions, so as to learn more about each other. Other uses are related to searching, advertising and direct marketing.

主权项

1. A method of operating a computer system to provide a conversational agent to mimic a user, the method comprising:
providing a database accessible by the computer system, the database including a base personality component selected from a plurality of personalities, and a learning personality component capable of learning from content attributable to a user so as to also mimic the user; receiving in the computer system an input message from at least one of a client or an audience; processing in the computer system content of the input message to determine one or more candidate responses corresponding with at least one of the base personality component or the learning personality component, wherein the learning personality component capable to perform additional learning from additional content attributable to the user to determine one or more candidate responses; and generating in the computer system an output response message directed to said at least one of a client or an audience.