US 12,014,117 B2
Grouping devices for voice control
Rohan Mutagi, Redmond, WA (US); He Lu, Bothell, WA (US); Willy Lew Yuk Vong, Seattle, WA (US); Michael Dale Whiteley, Redmond, WA (US); Fred Torok, Mercer Island, WA (US); Shikher Sitoke, Seattle, WA (US); David Ross Bronaugh, Seattle, WA (US); and Bo Li, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Apr. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/301,703.
Application 17/301,703 is a continuation of application No. 16/042,389, filed on Jul. 23, 2018, granted, now 10,976,996.
Application 16/042,389 is a continuation of application No. 14/752,198, filed on Jun. 26, 2015, granted, now 10,031,722, issued on Jul. 24, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/134,465, filed on Mar. 17, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0326103 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G10L 15/02 (2006.01); G10L 15/18 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 15/26 (2006.01); G10L 17/22 (2013.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/167 (2013.01) [G10L 15/02 (2013.01); G10L 15/18 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 15/26 (2013.01); G10L 17/22 (2013.01); H04L 12/2816 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, from a first device, an audio signal representing sound in an environment;
performing speech-recognition on the audio signal;
identifying, based at least in part on the performing of the speech-recognition, a request associated with a group of devices that is associated with a user account;
identifying one or more devices, configured to perform one or more operations, that are part of the group of devices;
associating a second device with the user account;
identifying that the second device includes a capability to perform the one or more operations;
determining, based at least in part on identifying that the second device includes the capability, an updated group of devices by adding the second device to the group of devices; and
causing at least one of the one or more devices and the second device to perform an operation identified from the request.