Grouping devices for voice control

US10976996B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · US

Inventors

• Rohan Mutagi · Redmond, US
• He Lu · Bothell, US
• Willy Lew Yuk Vong · Seattle, US
• Michael Dale Whiteley · Redmond, US
• Fred Torok · Mercer Island, US
• Shikher Sitoke · Seattle, US
• David Ross Bronaugh · Seattle, US
• Bo Li · 东风镇, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 23, 2018
• Grant date: Apr 13, 2021
• Expiry date: Jul 23, 2038

Classification

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

Abstract

Techniques for creating groups of devices for controlling these groups with voice commands are described herein. For instance, an environment may include an array of secondary devices (or “smart appliances”, or simply “devices”) that are configured to perform an array of operations. Users may request to create different groups of these devices, such that the users may control entire groups at a single time with individual voice commands.