Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Processing spoken commands to control distributed audio outputs
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Application No.: US15083902Application Date: 2016-03-29
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Publication No.: US09858927B2Publication Date: 2018-01-02
- Inventor: Robert Williams , Steven Todd Rabuchin , Gregory Michael Hart
- 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: H03G3/20
- IPC: H03G3/20 ; H04R29/00 ; H04B3/00 ; H04R27/00 ; H04R3/00 ; G10L15/22 ; G10L13/02 ; G06F17/28 ; H04R3/12 ; G06F3/16 ; G06F17/30

Abstract:
A system that is capable of controlling multiple entertainment systems and/or speakers using voice commands. The system receives voice commands and may determine audio sources and speakers indicated by the voice commands. The system may generate audio data from the audio sources and may send the audio data to the speakers using multiple interfaces. For example, the system may send the audio data directly to the speakers using a network address, may send the audio data to the speakers via a voice-enabled device or may send the audio data to the speakers via a speaker controller. The system may generate output zones including multiple speakers and may associate input devices with speakers within the output zones. For example, the system may receive a voice command from an input device in an output zone and may reduce output audio generated by speakers in the output zone.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170236512A1 PROCESSING SPOKEN COMMANDS TO CONTROL DISTRIBUTED AUDIO OUTPUTS Public/Granted day:2017-08-17
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