Voice control of a media playback system

JP Lang, M Plagge, S Jarvis, R Kadri… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Multiple aspects of systems and methods for voice control and related features and
functionality for various embodiments of media playback devices, networked microphone …

Intelligent device arbitration and control

KW Piersol, RM Orr, DJ Mandel - US Patent 10,089,072, 2018 - Google Patents
This relates to systems and processes for using a virtual assistant to arbitrate among and/or
control electronic devices. In one example process, a first electronic device samples an …

Arbitration between voice-enabled devices

R Gopalan, SK Sundaram - US Patent 10,026,399, 2018 - Google Patents
Architectures and techniques for selecting a voice-enabled device to handle audio input that
is detected by multiple voice-enabled devices are described herein. In some instances …

Systems and methods of multiple voice services

K Hartung, D Giacobello - US Patent 11,183,181, 2021 - Google Patents
Disclosed herein are example techniques to identify a voice service to process a voice input.
An example implementation may involve a network microphone device (NMD) receiving, via …

User profiling for voice input processing

AP Haughay - US Patent 10,049,675, 2018 - Google Patents
This is directed to processing voice inputs received by an electronic device. In particular, this
is directed to receiving a voice input and identifying the user providing the voice input. The …

Virtual assistant for media playback

RM Orr, DJ Mandel, AJ Sinesio, CJ Barnett - US Patent 11,010,127, 2021 - Google Patents
An exemplary method for identifying media may include receiving user input associated with
a request for media, where that user input includes unstructured natural language speech …

Intelligent device user interactions

E Finkelstein, GL Caldwell - US Patent 11,100,384, 2021 - Google Patents
Intelligent assistant devices and methods for interacting with a user are disclosed. In some
examples, a method for interacting with a user comprises predicting suggested action (s) for …

Intelligent device arbitration and control

K Piersol, RM Orr, DJ Mandel - US Patent 10,942,702, 2021 - Google Patents
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Task execution method for voice input and electronic device supporting the same

JW Kim, AR GO, HW Kang, SI Jon, HJ Jaygarl… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
An electronic device includes a display, a microphone, a communication circuit, a memory
configured to store at least one application, and one or more processor (s), wherein the …

Processing voice commands based on device topology

BJ James, DR Schairer, AL Baldwin, VY Mo… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
Example aspects of the present disclosure are directed to processing voice commands or
utterances. For instance, data indicative of a voice utterance can be received. A device …