US 11,720,326 B2
Audio output control
Gautham Kumar Jayakumar, Seattle, WA (US); Nishant Kumar, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Steven Michael Saxon, Irvine, CA (US); and Frederic Johan Georges Deramat, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Apr. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/713,075.
Application 17/713,075 is a continuation of application No. 17/107,156, filed on Nov. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,294,622.
Application 17/107,156 is a continuation of application No. 16/222,751, filed on Dec. 17, 2018, granted, now 10,853,031, issued on Dec. 1, 2020.
Application 16/222,751 is a continuation of application No. 15/889,754, filed on Feb. 6, 2018, granted, now 10,157,042, issued on Dec. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0398066 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04R 27/00 (2006.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); H04R 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/167 (2013.01) [G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); H04R 3/12 (2013.01); H04R 27/00 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01); G10L 2015/228 (2013.01); H04R 2227/003 (2013.01); H04R 2227/005 (2013.01); H04R 2227/009 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
one or more processors; and
non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving first input data representing a first user utterance;
determining, based at least in part on the first input data, that content is to be output by a first device instead of a second device currently outputting the content, wherein the first device operates in a first state without outputting the content and the second device operates in a second state in which the second device is outputting the content;
causing, based at least in part on determining that the content is to be output by the first device instead of the second device, the first device to transition from the first state to a third state in which the first device is outputting the content;
identifying data representing a queue of the content associated with the second device;
associating the data representing the queue with the first device;
causing the second device to transition from the second state to a fourth state in which the second device operates without outputting the content; and
causing output of first audio on the second device indicating that the content is output by the first device instead of the second device.