公开(公告)号：US10366692B1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-30

申请号：US15595658

申请日：2017-05-15

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Zoe Adams ,  Pete Klein ,  Derick Deller ,  Michael John Guarniere ,  Alina Chen ,  Apoorv Naik ,  Jeremy Daniel Johnson ,  Aslan Appleman

IPC: G06F3/16 ,  H04M3/51 ,  G10L15/07 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/26 ,  G10L17/22 ,  G06F16/332 ,  G06F16/632

Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques and systems for encoding instructions in audio data that, when output on a speaker of a first device in an environment, cause a second device to output content in the environment. In some instances, the audio data has a frequency that is inaudible to users in the environment. Thus, the first device is able to cause the second device to output the content without users in the environment hearing the instructions. In some instances, the first device also outputs content, and the content output by the second device is played at an offset relative to a position of the content output by the first device.

公开(公告)号：US20250131923A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-24

申请号：US18901771

申请日：2024-09-30

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Apoorv Naik ,  Mihail C. Dinescu ,  Bharath Bhimanaik Kumar ,  Matthew Todd Kaufman ,  Ganesha Batta

IPC: G10L15/22 ,  H04W4/02

Abstract: Systems and methods for presence-based application invocation are disclosed. For example, presence of a personal device and/or user associated with a personal device is detected at a primary device. When account data associated with the personal device and the primary device correspond, checks are performed to determine if automatic invocation of an application associated with the personal device should be performed. Those checks include determining whether one or more conditions are satisfied, determining current usage of the application and/or the primary device indicates desirability to automatically invoke the application, and/or whether the application has been enabled for use on the primary device.

公开(公告)号：US12142267B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-12

申请号：US17348567

申请日：2021-06-15

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Apoorv Naik ,  Mihail C Dinescu ,  Bharath Bhimanaik Kumar ,  Matthew Todd Kaufman ,  Ganesha Batta

IPC: H04W4/02 ,  G10L15/22

Abstract: Systems and methods for presence-based application invocation are disclosed. For example, presence of a personal device and/or user associated with a personal device is detected at a primary device. When account data associated with the personal device and the primary device correspond, checks are performed to determine if automatic invocation of an application associated with the personal device should be performed. Those checks include determining whether one or more conditions are satisfied, determining current usage of the application and/or the primary device indicates desirability to automatically invoke the application, and/or whether the application has been enabled for use on the primary device.

公开(公告)号：US11889570B1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-30

申请号：US17481716

申请日：2021-09-22

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Apoorv Naik ,  Samer A. Sarhan Hussein ,  Shuangqing Yuan

IPC: H04W4/00 ,  H04W76/14 ,  H04W76/15 ,  G06F3/01 ,  H04W88/06 ,  H04B17/318

CPC classification number: H04W76/14 ,  G06F3/017 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04W76/15 ,  H04W88/06

Abstract: Systems and methods for contextual device pairing are disclosed. For example, when certain user input indicating intent to cause a first device to transition to a pairing mode is received, the first device may broadcast a non-bondable signal with an identifier of the first device. When a second device receives the non-bondable signal, that second device may send response data, which may be received at the first device. The first device may analyze the response data to determine whether a context associated with the first device and/or the second device indicates desirability to transition to the pairing mode.

公开(公告)号：US10789948B1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-29

申请号：US15473348

申请日：2017-03-29

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Pete Klein ,  Derick Deller ,  Zoe Adams ,  David Ignatius Murai ,  Scott Edward Van Vliet ,  Apoorv Naik ,  Aslan Appleman ,  Link Cornelius

IPC: G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/30 ,  G10L25/54 ,  G06F16/14 ,  H04L12/28 ,  G10L15/18 ,  G10L15/08

Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques and systems for encoding instructions in audio data that, when output on a speaker of a first device in an environment, cause a second device to output content in the environment. In some instances, the audio data has a frequency that is inaudible to users in the environment. Thus, the first device is able to cause the second device to output the content without users in the environment hearing the instructions. In some instances, the first device also outputs content, and the content output by the second device is played at an offset relative to a position of the content output by the first device.

公开(公告)号：US10468027B1

公开(公告)日：2019-11-05

申请号：US16188204

申请日：2018-11-12

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Derick Deller ,  Apoorv Naik ,  Zoe Adams ,  Aslan Appleman ,  Link Cornelius ,  Pete Klein

IPC: G06F3/06 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/26 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G06F17/27 ,  G10L15/14 ,  G10L15/30 ,  G10L13/047 ,  G06T13/20 ,  G10L13/10 ,  G10L15/18 ,  G10L13/00 ,  G10L15/08

Abstract: Coordinated operation of a voice-controlled device and an accessory device in an environment is described. A remote system processes audio data it receives from the voice-controlled device in the environment to identify a first intent associated with a first domain, a second intent associated with a second domain, and a named entity associated with the audio data. The remote system sends, to the voice-controlled device, first information for accessing main content associated with the named entity, and a first instruction corresponding to the first intent. The remote system also sends, to the accessory device, second information for accessing control information or supplemental content associated with the main content, and a second instruction corresponding to the second intent. The first and second instructions, when processed by the devices in the environment, cause coordinated operation of the voice-controlled device and the accessory device.

公开(公告)号：US10356721B1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-16

申请号：US15627211

申请日：2017-06-19

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Nitin Arora ,  Zoe Adams ,  Apoorv Naik ,  Scott Edward Van Vliet

IPC: H04W4/08 ,  H04W52/02 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W84/12

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, devices, and techniques for selecting a device in an environment to act as a communication hub for other devices in the environment. For instance, an environment may include two or more devices that are configured to communicate with one another as well as with remote resources (e.g., Internet-available resources, etc.). In one example, the devices each include a first radio configured to communication over a wireless local area network (WLAN) and a second radio configured to communicate over a short-range wireless communication network, such as Bluetooth, ZigBee, Z-Wave, or the like. A device having a highest battery life may be selected as the communication hub for the devices, such that the other non-hub devices may therefore route messages through the hub using their short-range radios. In addition, the non-hub devices may power off their WLAN radios, thus conserving battery life of these devices.