US 11,886,773 B1
Systems and methods for a voice-controlled interactive application
Maxwell Child, San Francisco, CA (US); and James Wilsterman, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Volley Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Volley Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/191,661.
Int. Cl. G10L 15/26 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04N 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/167 (2013.01) [G10L 15/26 (2013.01); H04N 7/14 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
9. A method of supporting an application, wherein the application is voice-controlled, wherein the application is interactive between multiple users, wherein the application uses synchronous communications between the multiple users of the application, the method comprising:
establishing a synchronous two-way communication session between a first client computing platform associated with a first user and a second client computing platform associated with a second user;
presenting application information simultaneously to the first user through the first client computing platform and to the second user through the second client computing platform, wherein at least part of the application information represents a challenge to one or both of the first and second user, wherein the application information includes audio information that is presented simultaneously to the first user through the first client computing platform and to the second user through the second client computing platform, wherein the audio information is a portion of a song, and wherein the challenge is based on recognizing an artist and a title of the song;
detecting, within the synchronous two-way communication session, first voice-control information from the first user;
detecting, within the synchronous two-way communication session, second voice-control information from the second user;
controlling operations of the application based on at least one of the first voice-control information and the second voice-control information;
generating one or more results of the application based on at least one of the first voice-control information and the second voice-control information; and
effectuating a presentation of the one or more results of the application to the first user through the first client computing platform and to the second user through the second client computing platform.