US 12,093,600 B1
Storytelling digital picture frame
Ophir Frieder, Chevy Chase, MD (US); Abdur Chowdhury, San Francisco, CA (US); and Eric Jensen, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Assigned to AURA HOME, INC., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by AURA HOME, INC., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/515,646.
Application 18/515,646 is a continuation of application No. 18/117,737, filed on Mar. 6, 2023, granted, now 11,861,259.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/147 (2006.01); G10L 17/00 (2013.01); H04L 51/02 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/147 (2013.01) [G10L 17/00 (2013.01); H04L 51/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A digital picture display system, comprising:
a digital photo frame including a digital display, a network connection module adapted to connect to a user electronic device and to receive photos stored within the user electronic device, an automated display module adapted to automatically display photos and change photos displayed on the digital display from the user electronic device, a microphone in combination with the automated display module and adapted to receive spoken communications, and a speaker in combination with the automated display module and adapted to produce audio communications;
an interaction application stored on the user electronic device, the user electronic device including a digital photo collection, and the interaction application including a plurality of automatically created digital photo clusters according to photo content from the digital photo collection;
the digital photo frame further including a conversational agent module configured to provide an automated verbal interaction with a viewer of the digital picture frame, wherein the conversational agent module determines a search parameter from the verbal interaction and initiates a search of the digital photo clusters for metadata tags and digital photos matching the search parameter, wherein the network connection module receives matching digital photos from one or more of the digital photo clusters for display on the digital display;
wherein the conversational agent module includes a story-telling module configured to receive a story request from the viewer of the digital picture frame, automatically search for and/or display one or more digital photos of the digital photo collection matching the story request, and automatically generate a unique narrative through the speaker matching the story request and the one or more digital photos, wherein the unique narrative is fictional and guided by displayed image content, photo metadata, or settings provided by the viewer.