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- Patent Title: Location based device grouping with voice control
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Application No.: US16197714Application Date: 2018-11-21
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Publication No.: US10609331B1Publication Date: 2020-03-31
- Inventor: Adam Barry Fineberg , Robert Franklin Ebert , Tarun Yohann Morton , Eric Peter Raeber , Miroslav Ristic
- Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WA Seattle
- Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Seattle
- Agency: Lee & Hayes, P.C.
- Main IPC: H04N7/14
- IPC: H04N7/14 ; H04L12/24 ; H04B17/27 ; H04W4/02 ; H04L29/08 ; G06F3/16 ; G10L15/22 ; G06K9/00 ; H04N7/15 ; H04L12/46 ; H04L12/28 ; H04B17/318

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.
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