Interacting with a remote participant through control of the voice of a toy device

Number: 10065124
Published: 2018-09-04
Filed: 2016-01-15
Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Inventors: Goslin; Michael P.; Olson; Blade A.
CPC: G10L21/013; A63H5/00; G10L21/003
Verdict: High Hardware
Source: Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline

The keeper's note

Voice-controlled interactive toy device.

Abstract

Systems, methods and articles of manufacture to perform an operation comprising receiving speech data via a network, modifying the speech data based on a profile associated with a toy device, wherein the modified speech data represents a voice of the toy device, and outputting the modified speech data via a speaker.

Background

BACKGROUND(1) Field of the Disclosure(2) Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to interacting with remote participants by controlling the voice of a toy device.(3) Description of the Related Art(4) Conventionally, toy devices have not been used facilitate interaction between a user local to the toy device and remote users. Instead, the user conventionally interacts with the toy in isolation, and remote users cannot interact with the user or the toy. It would be enjoyable for local and remote users to be able to interact while the toy is being used.SUMMARY(5) In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving speech data via a network, modifying the speech data based on a profile associated with a toy device, wherein the modified speech data represents a voice of the toy device, and outputting the modified speech data via a speaker.(6) In another embodiment, a computer program product comprises a computer readable storage medium storing instructions which when executed by a processor performs an operation comprising receiving speech data via a network, modifying the speech data based on a profile associated with a toy device, wherein the modified speech data represents a voice of the toy device, and outputting the modified speech data via a speaker.(7) In another embodiment, a system comprises one or more processors and a memory containing a program which when executed by a processor performs an operation comprising receiving speech data via a network, modifying the speec

Claims

1. A method, comprising: receiving speech data generated based on a speech of a remote user via a network; modifying the speech data based on a profile associated with a toy device, wherein the modified speech data represents a voice of the toy device, wherein the remote user is associated with the toy device based on one of: (i) a predefined association between the remote user and the toy device, and (ii) a dynamically generated association between the remote user and the toy device; and outputting the modified speech data via a speaker. 8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-readable program code embodied therewith, the computer-readable program code executable by one or more computer processors to perform an operation comprising: receiving speech data generated based on a speech of a remote user via a network; modifying the speech data based on a profile associated with a toy device, wherein the modified speech data represents a voice of the toy device, wherein the remote user is associated with the toy device based on one of: (i) a predefined association between the remote user and the toy device, and (ii) a dynamically generated association between the remote user and the toy device; and outputting the modified speech data via a speaker. 15. A system, comprising: one or more computer processors; and a memory containing a program which when executed by the processors performs an operation comprising: receiving speech data generated based on a speech of a remote user via a network; modifying the speech data based on a profile associated with a toy device, wherein the modified speech data represents a voice of the toy device; outputting the modified speech data via a speaker; and while outputting the modified speech data, generating at least one of: (i) movement, (ii) haptic feedback, and (iii) light feedback in the toy device.