US 12,080,280 B2
Systems and methods for determining whether to trigger a voice capable device based on speaking cadence
Edison Lin, Los Altos Hills, CA (US); Rowena Young, Menlo Park, CA (US); Kanchan Sripathy, San Jose, CA (US); and Reda Harb, Issaquah, WA (US)
Assigned to ROVI GUIDES, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/105,166.
Application 18/105,166 is a continuation of application No. 17/089,357, filed on Nov. 4, 2020, granted, now 11,600,265.
Application 17/089,357 is a continuation of application No. 16/139,453, filed on Sep. 24, 2018, granted, now 10,861,444, issued on Dec. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0267921 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 15/18 (2013.01); G10L 15/08 (2006.01)
CPC G10L 15/1807 (2013.01) [G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 2015/088 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving a voice input from a user, wherein the voice input comprises a wake word;
analyzing the voice input for a first plurality of characteristics associated with the voice of the user;
identifying a profile of the user stored in a memory, wherein the profile of the user comprises a region for the user and a language based on the region, and wherein a second plurality of characteristics associated with the profile of the user corresponds to the region and the language;
retrieving, from the profile of the user, the region and the language spoken by the user;
identifying, from the profile of the user, a voice model that matches the region and language associated with the user;
retrieving a template set of characteristics associated with the voice model;
updating the second plurality of characteristics associated with the profile of the user based on the template set of characteristics; and
activating a voice system based on detecting that the first plurality of characteristics match the updated second plurality of characteristics associated with the profile of the user.