Patent ID: 8683354
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: A63F,G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium operating at a server device, comprising executable instructions which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: accessing a user profile associated with a user of a network; generating an avatar according to user preference information of the user profile, demographic profiling information of the user profile, and psychographic profiling information of the user profile; presenting the avatar at a display associated with a first computer device of the network; receiving video and audio information captured at a first computer device; generating speech and images for the avatar that are synthesized from the video and audio information; presenting the avatar according to the speech and images at the display of the first computing device; detecting a presence of a second computing device; responsive to detecting the presence of the second computing device, establishing a communication session with the second computing devices; detecting a request by the second computing device to control the avatar; and according to the request, further performing operations comprising: