JOSEPH E SULLIVAN, M.D.
Neurology in San Francisco, CA

6570555, May 27, 2003

Dec 30, 1998

09/223637

Scott A. Prevost - San Francisco CA
Timothy W. Bickmore - Somerville MA
Joseph W. Sullivan - San Francisco CA
Elizabeth Churchill - San Francisco CA
Andreas Girgensohn - Menlo Park CA

Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. - Tokyo
Xerox Corporation - Stamford CT

G09G 500

345156

Deliberative and reactive processing are combined to process multi-modal inputs and direct movements and speech of a synthetic character that operates as an interface between a user and a piece of equipment. The synthetic character is constructed as an ally, working with and helping the user learn and operate the equipment. The synthetic character interacts with both a virtual space where the character is displayed, and a physical space (domain) that includes the user. Real-time reactive processing provides lifelike and engaging responses to user queries and conversations. Deliberative processing provides responses to inputs that require more processing time (deep linguistic processing, for example). Knowledge bases are maintained for both dynamic (discourse model, for example) and static (e. g. , knowledge about the domain or discourse plans) information types.

7089278, Aug 8, 2006

Sep 7, 1999

09/391069

Elizabeth F. Churchill - San Francisco CA, US
Lester D. Nelson - Santa Clara CA, US
Sara Bly - North Plains OR, US
Catherine C. Marshall - San Francisco CA, US
Jonathan Trevor - Lancaster, GB
Joseph Sullivan - San Francisco CA, US

Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. - Tokyo

G06F 15/16

709203, 709205, 709217, 709223

Anchored conversations are maintained by a conversation coordinator that retrieves an anchor position from an artifact and maintains a position of a conversation client relative to the retrieved anchor position. The conversations are synchronous and asynchronous communications. The anchors, and hence the conversations may be moved within the artifact or to other artifacts. The conversation clients include detach and re-attach buttons that allow a conversation to be detached and reattached from/to a corresponding anchor. The conversation coordinator manages conversations anchored in any number of different applications. Each conversation is accessible either by invoking an associated anchor within a corresponding artifact (embodied as an ActiveX control, for example), or via the conversation coordinator. A database is connected to each conversation and is a silent participant maintaining a record of the conversation and any metadata regarding the conversation. The database is available for query by a user and/or the conversation coordinator.

2003019, Oct 16, 2003

Apr 14, 2003

10/412828

Linda Cook - Sacramento CA, US
Timothy Bickmore - Somerville MA, US
Joseph Sullivan - San Francisco CA, US
Elizabeth Churchill - San Francisco CA, US
Scott Prevost - San Francisco CA, US

G06T015/70

345/473000

Personality traits displayed on a workbench are grouped into a character profile that is utilized in determining the personality and/or specific actions of a synthetic character. The personality traits are selectable by an operator from graduated dials. The personality traits may also be displayed in the form of selectable attributes or trait indicative behaviors that, when selected, are mapped into predetermined amounts of each trait in the character profile. The character profile is utilized to compute activation levels for primary behaviors, which are selected to influence or direct behavior of the synthetic character. Secondary behaviors are also selected, but discarded if conflicting with the selected primary behaviors. When behaviors are selected, the corresponding behaviors are translated into classes of ‘personality effectors’ that modulate the synthetic character's behavioral expression to reflect the desired set of traits.