US 12,469,509 B2
Voice avatars in extended reality environments
Lyubomir Astinov, Dublin, CA (US); and Rayyan Jaber, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed by Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/295,763.
Prior Publication US 2024/0339121 A1, Oct. 10, 2024
Int. Cl. G10L 21/007 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01)
CPC G10L 21/007 (2013.01) [G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H04L 63/0421 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0641 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising, by one or more computing systems:
accessing a first voice avatar associated with a first user identity of a first user, wherein the first voice avatar comprises a first description of a first audio processing chain to transform voice inputs;
receiving a first voice input from a first client system of the first user;
processing the first voice input to generate a first transformed audio corresponding to the first voice input, wherein the first voice input is processed by one or more audio processors, wherein the one or more audio processors are constructed based on the description of the first audio processing chain from the first voice avatar;
sending the first transformed audio to one or more second client systems of one or more second users for playback;
receiving an indication of a platform change from a first user platform to a second user platform associated with a second user identity of the first user, wherein the first user platform is associated with the first user identity and the second user platform is associated with the second user; and
accessing, responsive to the received indication, a second voice avatar associated with the second user identity of the first user.