Conversational audio assistant

US10657965B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bose Corporation · US

Inventors

• Todd Richard Reily · North Reading, US
• Keith D. Martin · Waynesburg, US
• Christine M. Hostage · Southborough, US
• Lya Batlle-Rafferty · Hopkinton, US
• Conor Sheehan · Natick, US
• Joseph M. Geiger · Clinton, US
• Elio Dante Querze · Arlington, US
• Ruben M. Carbonell · Northbridge, US
• Curtis Bard · Waltham, US
• Saurabh Khanwalkar · San Mateo, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 30, 2018
• Grant date: May 19, 2020
• Expiry date: Jul 30, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G10L2015/223
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Various implementations include audio systems for controlling audio feedback to user requests. In some particular cases, a headphone system includes at least one headphone including an acoustic transducer having a sound-radiating surface for providing an audio output; at least one microphone for receiving an audio input from a user; and a control system including a recommendation engine, the control system coupled with the at least one headphone and the at least one microphone, the recommendation engine configured to: analyze the audio input for a non-specific request from the user; and provide an audio sample to the user along with a prompt for feedback about the audio sample in response to the non-specific request.