US 10,854,196 B1Granted

Functional prerequisites and acknowledgments

AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.

InventorsChristopher Geiger Parker, Ilana Rozanes, Sulman Riaz, Vinaya Nadig, Hariharan Srinivasan, Ninad Anil Parkhi, Michael Richard Baglole, Eric Wei Hoong Ow, Tina Sonal Patel

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Abstract

Using a method of operating a system that includes remote servers, and at least one electronic device, a user verbally instructs the electronic device to activate a function. The system uses the remote servers and other parts of the system to determine that the function is not currently enabled and requires a user-acknowledgment to terms of use before the function is enabled. The system provides information on the terms of use and solicits a user-acknowledgment to the terms of use. The user provides a verbal acknowledgment of the terms of use and the verbal acknowledgment is received and stored in a persistent data store.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving first audio data from a user device, the first audio data representing a first spoken utterance to activate communications functionality provided by a system located remotely from the user device;
determining that an agreement to terms and conditions associated with the communications functionality is required and that a user profile indicates the terms and conditions have yet to be agreed to by a user associated with the user profile;
determining text data representing the terms and conditions;
generating second audio data using text to speech (TTS) processing and the text data, the second audio data being synthesized representing the terms and conditions and requesting an indication that the user agrees to the terms and conditions;
sending the second audio data to the user device;
receiving third audio data from the user device, the third audio data representing a second utterance that corresponds to the agreement to the terms and conditions;
storing the third audio data in a first data store, the first data store being erasable in response to a user request to erase data;
storing the third audio data in a second data store, the second data store associated with access rights preventing the user from being able to erase the third audio data;
storing the text data in the second data store, the second data store associated with access rights preventing the user from being able to erase the text data;
associating fourth data with the user profile, the fourth data representing the agreement to the terms and conditions associated with the communications functionality;
and
activating the communications functionality for devices associated with the user profile.

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A computing system comprising:

at least one processor;
at least one first data store;
at least one second data store;
and
memory including computer instructions, that upon execution by the at least one processor, cause the computing system to:
determine that prerequisite information related to use of a function is needed;
send first audio data to a device, the first audio data including a description of the prerequisite information and requesting a user utterance agreeing to the prerequisite information;
receive second audio data representing the user utterance;
determine the prerequisite information is satisfied based at least in part on the second audio data;
store the second audio data in the first data store, the first data store being erasable based on a user request to erase data;
and
store the second audio data and the description of the prerequisite information in the second data store, the second data store associated with access rights preventing the user from being able to erase the second audio data and the description of the prerequisite information.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/902,973Filed 22 Feb 2018 · us provisional application
Priority: 5 Dec 2017
Granted: 1 Dec 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification19 codes

G10L 15/22
Speech recognition: procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
G06F 3/167
Sound input; Sound output: audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
G06F 40/35
Semantic analysis: discourse or dialogue representation
G06N 3/02
Computing arrangements based on biological models: neural networks