公开(公告)号：US11257494B1

公开(公告)日：2022-02-22

申请号：US16561888

申请日：2019-09-05

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Gary Zhong ,  Jonathan Alan Leblang ,  Aakarsh Nair ,  Collin Charles Davis

IPC: G10L15/22 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G10L15/18 ,  G06N5/04

Abstract: Technologies are disclosed for interacting with a virtual assistant to coordinate, recommend and perform actions. According to some examples, a user may use their voice to interact with a virtual assistant to receive recommendations relating to determining when to perform one or more actions. For example, a user may interact with a virtual assistant to request a recommendation as to when they should leave for the office, leave the office for the day, perform a task, and the like. The recommendation system accesses selected data sources (e.g., calendars, task lists, traffic, transportation schedules, maps, . . . ) to obtain data used in generating the recommendation. In addition, to providing a recommended time, the virtual assistant may also recommend actions to perform. The virtual assistant may also provide notifications to one or more other users that includes information relating to the user leaving.

公开(公告)号：US11176940B1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-16

申请号：US16573867

申请日：2019-09-17

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Gary Zhong ,  Jonathan Alan Leblang ,  Aakarsh Nair ,  Collin Charles Davis

IPC: G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/30 ,  G10L15/18

Abstract: Technologies are disclosed for relaying availability information using a virtual assistant. The virtual assistant can serve as a personal assistant to a user and receive and provide availability information associated with a user. The availability information may include information such as, but not limited to location information about the user, timing information, (e.g., a time the user left), message information (e.g., a message left by the user, a message left by a person looking for the user, . . . ), and the like. The availability information that is provided by the virtual assistant may be different depending on the identity of the requesting user. The virtual assistant may also record messages from requesting users that may be provided to the user upon return and/or while the user is away (e.g., via email, text message, instant message, phone call, and the like).

公开(公告)号：US10390064B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-20

申请号：US14755955

申请日：2015-06-30

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Christopher Paul Dury ,  David Hendrik Verfaillie ,  Hok Peng Leung ,  Patrick Gilmore ,  Ethan Zane Evans ,  Michael Anthony Willette ,  Collin Charles Davis ,  Richard Bantegui ,  Francis Xavier Surjo-Subagio ,  Michael Anthony Frazzini ,  Michael Martin George

IPC: A63F13/49 ,  A63F13/85 ,  A63F13/86 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/254 ,  H04N21/443 ,  H04N21/478 ,  H04N21/4784

Abstract: A spectating system that leverages game metadata and/or broadcast metadata to provide rewards to or otherwise acknowledge participants in broadcasts. The system may analyze the metadata to detect events or other information about broadcasts, and may recognize and/or reward participants based at least in part on the analysis. Spectators may be rewarded for participating in broadcasts, or in particular events in broadcasts. Broadcasters may be rewarded for in-game achievements or for achieving levels of audience participation or support. Participants may select or vote on other participants to receive rewards. Rewards may, for example, include acknowledgement of participants via the user interface, virtual items such as in-game virtual gear, physical items such as game-related merchandise, and granting of benefits or privileges by the spectating system and/or game system such as special content for a broadcaster's channel.

公开(公告)号：US11853975B1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-26

申请号：US15839757

申请日：2017-12-12

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Jonathan Alan Leblang ,  Milo Oostergo ,  Kevin Crews ,  Collin Charles Davis ,  Yu-Hsiang Cheng ,  Aakarsh Nair ,  Richard Christopher Green

IPC: G06Q10/00 ,  G06Q10/1093 ,  H04L12/18 ,  G10L13/08 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G06F16/93 ,  G06F16/245 ,  G06F40/205 ,  G06F3/16

CPC classification number: G06Q10/1095 ,  G06F16/245 ,  G06F16/93 ,  G06F40/205 ,  G10L13/08 ,  G10L15/22 ,  H04L12/1818 ,  G06F3/16

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed related to determining and providing contextual information associated with a meeting based in part by parsing text from a meeting invitation or calendar entry. A voice-capturing device may receive audio data before or during a meeting that includes an invocation phrase used to invoke a voice-based functionality. A response may be generated by the voice-capturing device or an associated service provider system based on the contextual information determined from the parsed meeting invitation and/or related sources.

公开(公告)号：US11488355B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-01

申请号：US16449035

申请日：2019-06-21

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Collin Charles Davis ,  Michael Anthony Frazzini ,  Ashraf Alkarmi ,  Gerard Joseph Heinz, II ,  Michael Schleif Pesce

IPC: G06T17/20 ,  G06F16/78 ,  G11B27/034 ,  G06T19/00 ,  G06F16/738 ,  G06F16/58 ,  G11B27/031 ,  G06T9/00

Abstract: A virtual world generation engine and methods for generating virtual worlds from images collected from various sources, including crowdsourced images. A virtual world generation engine may obtain images (e.g., digital photographs, digital video frames, etc.) related to a particular real-world scene, combine the images using image processing techniques such as image stitching techniques to generate composite images representing a view of the scene, and generate models from the composite images. The models may be used in rendering video content representing virtual worlds generated from the collected images of real-world scenes; the video content may be streamed to client device(s). Obtaining the images, generating models, rendering video content from the models, and streaming the video content may be performed in response to user interactions with video content on the client device(s) to allow interactive exploration of the virtual worlds in real-time or near-real time.

公开(公告)号：US11363329B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-14

申请号：US15893500

申请日：2018-02-09

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Gerard Joseph Heinz, II ,  Michael Schleif Pesce ,  Collin Charles Davis ,  Michael Anthony Frazzini ,  Ashraf Alkarmi ,  Michael Martin George ,  David A. Limp ,  William Dugald Carr, Jr.

IPC: H04N21/43 ,  G06T19/00 ,  H04N21/431 ,  H04N21/472 ,  G11B27/00 ,  G06T17/00 ,  G11B27/031 ,  H04N5/91

Abstract: A real-time video exploration (RVE) system that allows users to pause, step into, move through, and explore 2D or 3D modeled worlds of scenes in a video. The RVE system may allow users to discover, select, explore, and manipulate objects within the modeled worlds used to generate video content. The RVE system may implement methods that allow users to view and explore in more detail the features, components, and/or accessories of selected objects that are being manipulated and explored. The RVE system may also implement methods that allow users to interact with interfaces of selected objects or interfaces of components of selected objects.

公开(公告)号：US11355098B1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-07

申请号：US16219382

申请日：2018-12-13

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Gary Zhong ,  Milo Oostergo ,  Cassity Barrows Queen ,  Aakarsh Nair ,  Collin Charles Davis ,  Yu-Hsiang Cheng

IPC: G10L15/01 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/18

Abstract: This disclosure describes a feedback service that collects feedback for skills, or capabilities, of a virtual assistant that interacts with users, and associates the feedback with the appropriate skills. Virtual assistants interact with users via voice-enabled devices that are backed by voice-processing systems that support various skills of the virtual assistants. Due to large numbers of skills, users are unable to determine which skill is invoked during interactions with virtual assistants, and are thus unable to provide feedback for the skill. The techniques described herein include continuing a speech dialogue with a user after completion of an interaction, and requesting feedback regarding the interaction. Additionally, the techniques may include collecting contextual data for the interaction (e.g., dropped packets, latency caused by jitter, etc.). The feedback service can associate the feedback and contextual data with the particular skill used in the interaction to improve the functioning of the virtual assistant.

公开(公告)号：US10264547B1

公开(公告)日：2019-04-16

申请号：US16058662

申请日：2018-08-08

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Gary Zhong ,  Milo Oostergo ,  Aakarsh Nair ,  Jonathan Alan Leblang ,  Collin Charles Davis

IPC: H04M1/725 ,  H04W68/00 ,  H04W4/02 ,  G10L15/30 ,  G06F17/30 ,  H04W4/80

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed related to determining a likelihood that a user is present in physical proximity to one or more computing devices based on factors such as detecting the user's voice, receiving beaconing signals from a user's mobile device, location information sent from other devices, input received via a camera, and/or other input at various devices that are geographically dispersed. Based on user presence information, a system may determine whether to broadcast a notification for the user to a given device for audible or visual presentation by the device.

公开(公告)号：US20180007060A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-04

申请号：US15199661

申请日：2016-06-30

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Jonathan Alan Leblang ,  Collin Charles Davis

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W84/18

CPC classification number: H04L63/105 ,  G06F21/35 ,  H04L63/0853 ,  H04L63/0861 ,  H04L63/107 ,  H04L63/20 ,  H04L2463/082 ,  H04W12/06 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W84/18

Abstract: A technology is provided for using a multi-factor authentication process to access services in a computing service environment. One or more policies can be defined for allowing access to one or more services and/or resources associated with a service provider environment according to an authenticated identity. A device, detected by a voice-capturing endpoint within a defined geographical location, may be authenticated according to a unique identification (ID). Voice data received from the voice-capturing endpoint can be authenticated. The authenticated identity can be established according to the authenticated device and the authenticated voice data. A command, received via a voice command from the voice-capturing endpoint, may be issued with the authenticated identity to access the one or more services and/or resources associated with the service provider environment according to the plurality of policies.

公开(公告)号：US11483707B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-25

申请号：US16694944

申请日：2019-11-25

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Jonathan Alan Leblang ,  Collin Charles Davis

IPC: G06F17/00 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04W12/06 ,  H04L9/40 ,  G06F21/35 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W84/18

Abstract: A technology is provided for using a multi-factor authentication process to access services in a computing service environment. One or more policies can be defined for allowing access to one or more services and/or resources associated with a service provider environment according to an authenticated identity. A device, detected by a voice-capturing endpoint within a defined geographical location, may be authenticated according to a unique identification (ID). Voice data received from the voice-capturing endpoint can be authenticated. The authenticated identity can be established according to the authenticated device and the authenticated voice data. A command, received via a voice command from the voice-capturing endpoint, may be issued with the authenticated identity to access the one or more services and/or resources associated with the service provider environment according to the plurality of policies.