US 11,902,707 B1Granted

Location based device grouping with voice control

AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.

InventorsAdam Barry Fineberg, Miroslav Ristic, Robert Franklin Ebert, Eric Peter Raeber, Tarun Yohann Morton

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Abstract

This disclosure is directed to facilitating voice and video communication between users independent of a location or a device. A communication request can specify users, who may be identified and located in their respective environments. For example, users can be identified and located using facial recognition imaging techniques and/or by monitoring a radio frequency (RF) signal associated with a device that is carried or worn by a user. After determining a location of a user, individual devices can be configured as a functionally grouped device to allow the users to communicate. For example, capabilities of a television, microphone, speaker, and imaging device can be combined to allow a video communication between users. Further, as a user moves around his or her environment, the location of the user can be tracked and additional functionally grouped devices can be provided for seamless communication.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system comprising:

one or more processors;
and
one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from a first device, first data associated with a first action comprising unlocking the first device when a second device associated with a user profile is in physical proximity to the first device;
receiving, from the first device, an indication that the second device is in physical proximity of the first device, wherein the second device is a wearable device;
determining that the second device is associated with the user profile;
causing, based at least in part on the first data and the physical proximity, the first action to be performed;
receiving, from the first device, second data associated with a second action comprising locking the first device when the second device is out of physical proximity to the first device;
and
causing, based at least in part on the second data, the second action to be performed.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/538,367Filed 30 Nov 2021 · continuation
Priority: 31 Mar 2016
Granted: 13 Feb 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification22 codes

H04N 7/147
Between two video terminals, e.g. videophone: communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication,…
G06F 3/167
Sound input; Sound output: audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
G06V 40/161
Human faces, e.g. facial parts, sketches or expressions: detection; Localisation; Normalisation
G10L 15/22
Speech recognition: procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue

Family

Application15/087,784Parent of this continuation · filed 31 Mar 2016
Application15/685,723Parent of this continuation · filed 24 Aug 2017
US 9,749,583 B1Parent of this continuation · filed 29 Aug 2017
Application16/197,714Parent of this continuation · filed 21 Nov 2018
US 10,609,331 B1Parent of this continuation · filed 21 Nov 2018
US 10,142,591 B1Parent of this continuation · filed 27 Nov 2018
Application16/833,035Parent of this continuation · filed 27 Mar 2020
US 11,212,486 B1Parent of this continuation
US 11,902,707 B1This patent

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