Patents by Inventor Boxue ZHANG

Boxue ZHANG has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for voice control
    Patent number: 10573303
    Abstract: The present invention provides a voice control method and apparatus that increases the efficiency of voice control. In one exemplary method, a voice system receives a voice command input by a user and determines if the voice command is related to a foreground application. If the voice command is determined to relate to the foreground application, a control command corresponding to the voice command is sent to the foreground application to cause the foreground application to execute the control command. If the voice command is determined to not relate to the foreground application, a background application is identified and the control command corresponding to the voice command is sent to the identified background application to cause the background application to execute the control command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Shanwen Shi, Boxue Zhang, Lijuan Cai
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VOICE CONTROL
    Publication number: 20160293164
    Abstract: The present invention provides a voice control method and apparatus that increases the efficiency of voice control. In one exemplary method, a voice system receives a voice command input by a user and determines if the voice command is related to a foreground application. If the voice command is determined to relate to the foreground application, a control command corresponding to the voice command is sent to the foreground application to cause the foreground application to execute the control command. If the voice command is determined to not relate to the foreground application, a background application is identified and the control command corresponding to the voice command is sent to the identified background application to cause the background application to execute the control command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Shanwen SHI, Boxue ZHANG, Lijuan CAI