US 11,240,641 B1Granted

Automated device grouping

AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.

InventorsSven Eberhardt, Shekhar Pareek, Aniruddha Basak, Charles Edwin Ashton Brett, Amir Salimi

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Abstract

Techniques for automatically combining devices into a single group of devices, and splitting devices into multiple groups of devices are described. A machine learning model may process device profile data, associated with devices registered to two different users, and determine the devices should be combined into a single group of devices. Such enables a user to control each of the devices, of the two different users, but providing user inputs to a single device of the group. The machine learning model may also process device profile data, associated with devices registered to a single user, and determine the devices should be split into two or more groups of devices. Such may decrease the likelihood that a system may inadvertently control a device not intended by a user.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving a first device identifier representing a first device connected to a first wireless router, the first device identifier being associated with a first user profile identifier;
receiving a second device identifier representing a second device connected to the first wireless router, the second device identifier being associated with a second user profile identifier;
based on determining the first device and the second device are both connected to the first wireless router, determining processing is to be performed to determine whether the first device and the second device are to be represented in a single group of devices;
after determining the processing is to be performed, determining a third device identifier associated with the first user profile identifier;
determining first device profile data associated with the first device identifier;
determining second device profile data associated with the second device identifier;
determining third device profile data associated with the third device identifier;
determining a first output data representing a first cosine similarity between the first device profile data and the second device profile data;
determining a second output data representing a second cosine similarity between the third device profile data and the second device profile data;
based on the first output data and the second output data, determining the first device identifier, the second device identifier, and the third device identifier are to be represented in a group of device identifiers associated with a physical location;
and
storing first data associating the first device identifier, the second device identifier, and the third device identifier.

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A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving a first device identifier representing a first device, the first device identifier being associated with a first user profile identifier;
determining a second device identifier representing a second device, the second device identifier being associated with a second user profile identifier;
determining first device profile data associated with the first device identifier;
determining second device profile data associated with the second device identifier;
determining a first similarity between the first device profile data and the second device profile data;
based at least in part on the first similarity, determining the first device identifier and the second device identifier are to be represented in a group of device identifiers;
and
storing first data associating the first device identifier and the second device identifier.

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A computing system comprising:

at least one processor;
and
at least one memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing system to:
receive a first device identifier representing a first device, the first device identifier being associated with a first user profile identifier;
determine a second device identifier representing a second device, the second device identifier being associated with a second user profile identifier;
determine first device profile data associated with the first device identifier;
determine second device profile data associated with the second device identifier;
determine a first similarity between the first device profile data and the second device profile data;
based at least in part on the first similarity, determine the first device identifier and the second device identifier are to be represented in a group of device identifiers;
and
store first data associating the first device identifier and the second device identifier.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.