US 12,249,253 B1
Conversational agent as learning aid
Ian M. Richter, Los Angeles, CA (US); and David Anders Winarsky, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/370,048.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/053,827, filed on Jul. 20, 2020.
Int. Cl. G09B 7/02 (2006.01); G10L 13/027 (2013.01); G10L 15/02 (2006.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01)
CPC G09B 7/02 (2013.01) [G10L 13/027 (2013.01); G10L 15/02 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01)] 39 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
at a device including a display, a microphone, a speaker, a non-transitory memory, and one or more processors coupled with the non-transitory memory:
displaying, on the display, a graphical user interface for interacting with a conversational agent and generating media content;
receiving, via the graphical user interface, a query that indicates a subject that a user of the device interested in learning about;
after receiving the query indicating the subject that the user is interested in learning about:
displaying, by the conversational agent, a first prompt within the graphical user interface requesting the user provide a first response related to the subject that the user is interested in learning about;
displaying, based on an evaluation of the first response, a second prompt within the graphical user interface requesting a second response related to the subject;
determining, by the conversational agent, based on the first response and the second response, a user comprehension value characterizing a level of knowledge of the user with respect to the subject;
synthesizing, by the conversational agent, based on a plurality of existing media content items that provide information about the subject and the user comprehension value, a new media content item that includes information regarding the subject that the user is interested in learning about and that is tailored to the level of knowledge of the user indicated by the comprehension value, wherein synthesizing the new media content item comprises modulating an audio characteristic of the new media content item based on a user preference indicated by a user profile, and wherein the user profile is developed based on a usage history; and
presenting, on the display, the new media content item via the graphical user interface, wherein presenting the new media content item comprises outputting an audio portion of the new media content item via the speaker, and wherein the new audio portion includes the modulated audio characteristic.