US 2019/0102146 A1Published application

Efficient direct store delivery system and methods of using the same

AssigneeHand Held Products, Inc.

InventorBrian Swift

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Abstract

Provided is an improved direct store delivery (DSD) system for providing customized information to a user. The DSD system includes a device that receives a first voice command from the user and determines a current location of the user. The first voice command is then transformed into a first text request based on a conversion of the points in speech to points in data. Further, the first text request is processed to determine a first set of information, based on a current location of the device, to be provided audibly to the user. The first set of information is transmitted to the user through speech. The device further receives a second voice command from the user to interact with the first set of information. The second voice command is processed to determine a final set of information, and the final set of information is visually displayed to the user in an instance in which the user has arrived at a desired location.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A voice controlled apparatus that is configured to provide customized information to a user, the apparatus comprising:

a microphone configured to receive a voice command from the user;
a speaker configured to transmit speech to the user;
an interface configured to receive inputs from the user and visually output a set of information to the user;
and
a processor in communication with the microphone, speaker, and interface, wherein the processor is configured to:
cause a screen lock condition to be enabled in an instance in which the apparatus receives a plurality of locations that indicate that the user is in transit to a desired location, wherein at least the microphone is enabled in the screen lock condition and the interface is disabled during the screen lock condition;
receive a first set of information, wherein the first set of information is responsive to a first voice command and is relevant to the desired location and was generated as a result of a query comprising at least a first text request that represents the first voice command and the desired location;
cause the first set of information to be output by the speaker;
in response to the provision of the first set of information to the user, receive a second voice command from the user, wherein the second voice command is responsive to the first set of information;
process the second voice command to determine a final set of information to transmit to the user, wherein the final set of information is a curated collection of information formed by modifying the first set of information in response to the second voice command;
cause the final set of information to be output by the speaker in an instance in which the screen lock condition is enabled;
and
cause the final set of information to be output by the interface in an instance in which the screen lock condition is disabled.

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A method of providing customized information to a user comprising:

receiving a first text request from a user, wherein the first text request was formed by transforming a first voice command into the first text request by converting one or more audio signals to one or more points in data that are stored in a database;
determining whether the user is in transit to a desired location;
causing a screen lock condition wherein an interface available to the user is disabled during the screen lock condition;
receiving a first set of information, wherein the first set of information is responsive to the first voice command and is relevant to the desired location and was generated as a result of a query comprising at least the first text request that represents the first voice command and the desired location;
causing the first set of information to be transmitted to the user;
in response to the provision of the first set of information to the user, receiving a second text request from the user, wherein the second text request was formed by transforming a second voice command into the second text request by converting one or more audio signals to one or more points in data that are stored in a first database, and wherein the second voice command was configured to interact with the first set of information;
processing the second text request to determine a final set of information to transmit to the user, wherein the final set of information is a curated collection of information formed by modifying the first set of information in response to the second voice command;
determining that the user is not in transit to a desired location and deactivating the screen lock condition;
and
causing the final set of information to be transmitted to the user via the interface in response to receipt of the second text request after deactivating the screen lock condition.

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A method of providing customized information to a user comprising:

receiving a first text request from a user device, wherein the first text request was formed by transforming a first voice command into the first text request by converting one or more audio signals to one or more points in data that are stored in a database and wherein the user device was in a screen lock condition;
processing the first text request to determine a first set of information configured to transmit to the user device by:
determining a desired location in which the user device is in transit;
determining one or more points of interest that relate to the desired location and the first text request;
and
curating the first set of information based on the one or more points of interest that relate to the desired location by collecting items of information within the one or more points of interest relevant to the desired location and the first text request;
transmitting the first set of information to the user device, where the first set of information is provided audibly to the user while the user device is in a screen lock condition;
in response to the provision of the first set of information to the user, receiving a second text request from the user device via a second voice command, wherein the second text request is configured to interact with the first set of information;
processing the second text request to determine a final set of information to transmit to the user device, wherein the final set of information is a curated collection of information formed by modifying the first set of information in response to the second voice command;
and
transmitting the final set of information to the user device, wherein the final set of information is visually displayed on an interface when the user device is not in a screen lock condition present.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/724,388Filed 4 Oct 2017
Published: 4 Apr 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

G06F 3/167
Sound input; Sound output: audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
G06F 3/0482
Based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like…:…
G06F 16/3329
Query formulation: natural language query formulation
G10L 15/08
Speech recognition: speech classification or search