US 12,008,119 B1
Intelligent voice assistant privacy regulating system
Ruthie D. Lyle, Durham, NC (US); Bharat Prasad, San Antonio, TX (US); Ravi Durairaj, San Antonio, TX (US); Nolan Serrao, Plano, TX (US); and Minya Liang, Redmond, WA (US)
Assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by UIPCO, LLC, San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/941,063.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/881,244, filed on Jul. 31, 2019.
Int. Cl. G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04W 12/02 (2009.01); H04W 12/30 (2021.01)
CPC G06F 21/606 (2013.01) [G06F 3/16 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01); H04W 12/02 (2013.01); H04W 12/30 (2021.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An intelligent voice assistant privacy regulating system, comprising:
a controller including a device processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions executable by the device processor to perform the following steps:
receiving a selection from a user as to one or more privacy settings limiting transmission of data from an intelligent voice assistant to the Internet based on one or more privacy parameters; and
regulating transmissions by selectively preventing transmission of certain data from the intelligent voice assistant to the Internet based on the selection;
wherein the controller is provided in a separate device from a wireless router configured to transmit data from the intelligent voice assistant, and is configured to provide instructions to the wireless router to regulate transmission of data from the intelligent voice assistant to the Internet;
wherein at least one of the selectable privacy settings regulates transmissions from the intelligent voice assistant based on at least one of the following:
one or more time intervals;
a location of the intelligent voice assistant within a household;
the presence of certain persons;
characteristics of detected speech; and
the content of detected speech.