Invention Grant
- Patent Title: User recognition for speech processing systems
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Application No.: US16935523Application Date: 2020-07-22
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Publication No.: US11455995B2Publication Date: 2022-09-27
- Inventor: Natalia Vladimirovna Mamkina , Naomi Bancroft , Nishant Kumar , Shamitha Somashekar
- 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: Pierce Atwood LLP
- Main IPC: G10L15/22
- IPC: G10L15/22 ; G10L17/06 ; G06F21/32 ; G06F3/16 ; G10L15/01 ; G10L15/18 ; G10L15/26

Abstract:
Systems, methods, and devices for recognizing a user are disclosed. A speech-controlled device captures a spoken utterance, and sends audio data corresponding thereto to a server. The server determines content sources storing or having access to content responsive to the spoken utterance. The server also determines multiple users associated with a profile of the speech-controlled device. Using the audio data, the server may determine user recognition data with respect to each user indicated in the speech-controlled device's profile. The server may also receive user recognition confidence threshold data from each of the content sources. The server may determine user recognition data associated that satisfies (i.e., meets or exceeds) a most stringent (i.e., highest) of the user recognition confidence threshold data. Thereafter, the server may send data indicating a user associated with the user recognition data to all of the content sources.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200380987A1 USER RECOGNITION FOR SPEECH PROCESSING SYSTEMS Public/Granted day:2020-12-03
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