Patent ID: 7538685

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of providing auditory feedback in a personal virtual assistant (PVA), in which a computer system performs operations comprising: receiving a user communication at the PVA; determining whether an event sound is required in response to said receiving a user communication and upon determination that the event sound is required, providing the event sound to the user and upon determination that the event sound is not required then failing to provide the event sound to the user; determining a response to the communication received from the user; transmitting the response to the user communication to the user; and wherein said determining whether an event sound is required in response to said receiving the user communication, said determining a response to the communication received from the user, and said transmitting the response to the user communication to the user are based on a verbosity level for said user of said PVA and wherein a user is implicitly migrated to a most efficient verbosity level the user can handle by said PVA and wherein said verbosity level comprises longer prompts and minimal use of event sounds when the user is an inexperienced user, and providing shorter prompts and extensive use of events sounds when the user is an experienced user.