Virtual Instructor Prompt Customization for Personalized Workouts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Workout apps often provide workout routines led by instructors with fixed personalities and tones, which may be undesirable for users seeking personalized experiences.
Innovation Solution
A workout app system that allows users to customize virtual instructors with selectable characteristics such as age, accent, gender, positivity, and enthusiasm, using AI voice generation logic to tailor motivational and instructional prompts based on user preferences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If workout routines use fixed instructor personalities and tones, then the system is simple to implement, but user personalization and engagement are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the instructor's communication into separate functional components: instructional prompts (exercise guidance) and motivational prompts (encouragement). This segmentation allows selective customization of motivational characteristics while keeping instructional content fixed, achieving personalization without proportionally increasing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces dynamic characteristics to the virtual instructor by allowing users to select from multiple instructor personas with different motivational tones, positivity levels, and encouragement styles. This dynamic element enables the same workout routine to adapt to different user preferences without changing the core exercise instructions.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple instructor characteristics are offered for customization, then user engagement increases, but the complexity of managing instructor variants increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies partial customization by allowing users to modify only certain instructor characteristics (motivational tone, positivity, encouragement style) while keeping core instructional content fixed. This partial action approach provides meaningful personalization without requiring complete customization of all instructor attributes, thereby limiting the growth of management complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates universal instructor templates that can serve multiple user preferences through parameter adjustment. A single instructor base can be configured with different motivational characteristics to cater to various user types, eliminating the need to create entirely separate instructor versions for each customization scenario.
3Adaptability or versatility
If AI voice generation is implemented for customizable prompts, then user experience is enhanced, but processing requirements and system resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent pre-generates motivational prompts during the workout creation phase, storing them for later playback. This preliminary action eliminates the need for real-time AI voice generation during actual workouts, significantly reducing processing energy requirements while maintaining the ability to deliver customized motivational content.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses pre-recorded voice samples and templates that can be selectively applied to different instructor personas. Instead of generating unique voice content for each customization scenario, the system copies and combines existing voice elements, reducing computational overhead while maintaining customization capabilities.
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AI summary
Embodiments herein relate to a workout system configured to generate, based on a user selection of a pre-configured workout routine and a user selection of characteristic of prompts provided by a virtual instructor of the workout routine, one or more prompts. The one or more prompts may include a motivational and/or instructional prompt. The prompt may then be provided to the user during execution of the workout routine. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.