US 20040049390A1
(19) United States
(12) Patent Application Publication (io) Pub. No.: US 2004/0049390 Al
Brittan et al. (43) Pub. Date: Mar. 11,2004
Patent Application Publication Mar. 11,2004 Sheet 1 of 3 US 2004/0049390 Al
(54) VOICE SITE PERSONALITY SETTING
(75) Inventors: Paul St. John Brittan, Claverham
(GB); Robert Francis Squibbs, Bristol
(GB)
Correspondence Address:
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
Intellectual Property Administration
P.O. Box 272400
Fort Collins, CO 80527-2400 (US)
(73) Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
(21) Appl. No.: 10/639,843
(22) Filed: Aug. 13, 2003
Related U.S. Application Data
(60) Division ol application No. 10/189,156, filed on Jul. 2, 2002, which is a continuation ol application No. 10/005,904, filed on Dec. 4, 2001.
(30) Foreign Application Priority Data
Dec. 5, 2000 (GB) 0029576.6
Publication Classification
(51) Int. CI.7 G10L 21/00
(52) U.S. C I 704/270.1
(57) ABSTRACT
A method is provided ol setting the voice personality ol a voice service site. A user browsing a voice web visits a voice site where the voice output ol the site is presented using a set ol voice personality characterisers with which the user is particularly comfortable. The user, in subsequently translerring to another voice service site, opts to have the voice personality that was embodied in the set ol voice personality characterisers used by the site being left, transler with the user to the new site. This transler will typically be subject to permissions set by both the site being left and the site about to be visited.
