Patent ID: 8930815
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for producing a virtual agent within a computing device, comprising: generating the virtual agent within the computing device, wherein the virtual agent includes a tactile feature and is accessible on a plurality of devices simultaneously; endowing, by utilizing instructions from memory that are executed by a processor, the virtual agent with a first character trait of a user and a persona that is based on a personality of the user, wherein the first character trait is inferred without retrieving data associated with the first character trait of the user from the computing device; endowing the virtual agent with a second character trait of the user, wherein the second character trait is selected based on a voice input of the user; selecting, based on a location of the user, speech characteristics associated with the user, wherein the speech characteristics comprise an accent and a tone associated with the user; endowing the virtual agent with the speech characteristics associated with the user; visually presenting the virtual agent with the first character trait and the second character trait, wherein the virtual agent is visually presented using the persona of the user; creating an intelligent agent; and associating the virtual agent with the intelligent agent, the intelligent agent periodically accomplishing a task and reporting a corresponding task result to a user via the virtual agent.