Patents by Inventor Dick Clarence Hardt
Dick Clarence Hardt 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).
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Publication number: 20240071382Abstract: Systems and methods for temporarily associating user accounts with voice-enabled devices are disclosed. A voice-enabled device, which may be associated with a default account, may be situated in an environment, such as a hotel room. A user may desire to utilize the voice-enabled device to perform one or more actions. In examples, some or all of the actions may require the use of a system resource not available to the default account. In these examples, the user may provide contact information to be used to send a message to personal device of the user to acquire user account information. Upon receipt of such information, the user account may be temporarily associated with the voice-enabled device, and may be dissociated from the voice-enabled device upon the lapse of a period of time and/or occurrence of a dissociation event.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Rebecca Joy Lopdrup Miller, Liron Torres, Kadirvel Chockalingam Vanniarajan, Gonzalo Alvarez Barrio, Dick Clarence Hardt
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Publication number: 20230385319Abstract: Techniques for disambiguating which profile, of multiple profiles, is to be used to respond to a user input are described. A device located in a communal space (e.g., a hotel room or suite of rooms, conference room, hospital room, etc.) may be associated with a device profile and a user profile of a user presently occupying the communal space. When the user inputs a command to the device (either by text or speech), a system associated with the device determines the profiles (e.g., a device profile and a user profile) associated with the device. The system determines one or more policies associated with the device. The one or more policies may correspond to rules for disambiguating which profile to use to execute with respect to the user input. Using the one or more policies, the system determines which profile is to be used, and causes a speechlet component to execute using information specific to the determined profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Rebecca Joy Lopdrup Miller, Dick Clarence Hardt, Joseph Jessup, Yu Bao, Gonzalo Alvarez Barrio, Liron Torres
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Patent number: 11763808Abstract: Systems and methods for temporarily associating user accounts with voice-enabled devices are disclosed. A voice-enabled device, which may be associated with a default account, may be situated in an environment, such as a hotel room. A user may desire to utilize the voice-enabled device to perform one or more actions. In examples, some or all of the actions may require the use of a system resource not available to the default account. In these examples, the user may provide contact information to be used to send a message to personal device of the user to acquire user account information. Upon receipt of such information, the user account may be temporarily associated with the voice-enabled device, and may be dissociated from the voice-enabled device upon the lapse of a period of time and/or occurrence of a dissociation event.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Rebecca Joy Lopdrup Miller, Liron Torres, Kadirvel Chockalingam Vanniarajan, Gonzalo Alvarez Barrio, Dick Clarence Hardt
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Patent number: 11734326Abstract: Techniques for disambiguating which profile, of multiple profiles, is to be used to respond to a user input are described. A device located in a communal space (e.g., a hotel room or suite of rooms, conference room, hospital room, etc.) may be associated with a device profile and a user profile of a user presently occupying the communal space. When the user inputs a command to the device (either by text or speech), a system associated with the device determines the profiles (e.g., a device profile and a user profile) associated with the device. The system determines one or more policies associated with the device. The one or more policies may correspond to rules for disambiguating which profile to use to execute with respect to the user input. Using the one or more policies, the system determines which profile is to be used, and causes a speechlet component to execute using information specific to the determined profile.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Rebecca Joy Lopdrup Miller, Dick Clarence Hardt, Joseph Jessup, Yu Bao, Gonzalo Alvarez Barrio, Liron Torres
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Patent number: 11196732Abstract: An identity provider receives a request to configure authentication for enabling single sign-on to a service provider. The identity provider identifies the authentication protocols supported by the service provider and determines whether it is compatible with these authentication protocols. As a result of the identity provider being compatible with at least some of the authentication protocols, the identity provider generates configuration information that is usable by the service provider to configure the authentication. The identity provider transmits, to a computer system, a response that causes the computer system to be redirected to the service provider in order to provide information usable by the service provider to obtain the configuration information.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Dick Clarence Hardt, Darin Keith McAdams
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Patent number: 10986081Abstract: A managed directory service receives a request from a first service to link a directory of a contractor service to the first service's directory. The managed directory service identifies a group within the directory of the contractor service and links the directories using this group. Through the link, the managed directory service enables users in the group to authenticate to the first service's directory using credentials for the directory of the contractor service.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2017Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Darin Keith McAdams, Dick Clarence Hardt
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Publication number: 20210065711Abstract: Systems and methods for temporarily associating user accounts with voice-enabled devices are disclosed. A voice-enabled device, which may be associated with a default account, may be situated in an environment, such as a hotel room. A user may desire to utilize the voice-enabled device to perform one or more actions. In examples, some or all of the actions may require the use of a system resource not available to the default account. In these examples, the user may provide contact information to be used to send a message to personal device of the user to acquire user account information. Upon receipt of such information, the user account may be temporarily associated with the voice-enabled device, and may be dissociated from the voice-enabled device upon the lapse of a period of time and/or occurrence of a dissociation event.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Rebecca Joy Lopdrup Miller, Liron Torres, Kadirvel Chockalingam Vanniarajan, Gonzalo Alvarez Barrio, Dick Clarence Hardt
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Patent number: 10847153Abstract: Systems and methods for temporarily associating user accounts with voice-enabled devices are disclosed. A voice-enabled device, which may be associated with a default account, may be situated in an environment, such as a hotel room. A user may desire to utilize the voice-enabled device to perform one or more actions. In examples, some or all of the actions may require the use of a system resource not available to the default account. In these examples, the user may provide contact information to be used to send a message to personal device of the user to acquire user account information. Upon receipt of such information, the user account may be temporarily associated with the voice-enabled device, and may be dissociated from the voice-enabled device upon the lapse of a period of time and/or occurrence of a dissociation event.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Rebecca Joy Lopdrup Miller, Liron Torres, Kadirvel Chockalingam Vanniarajan, Gonzalo Alvarez Barrio, Dick Clarence Hardt
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Publication number: 20200342011Abstract: Techniques for disambiguating which profile, of multiple profiles, is to be used to respond to a user input are described. A device located in a communal space (e.g., a hotel room or suite of rooms, conference room, hospital room, etc.) may be associated with a device profile and a user profile of a user presently occupying the communal space. When the user inputs a command to the device (either by text or speech), a system associated with the device determines the profiles (e.g., a device profile and a user profile) associated with the device. The system determines one or more policies associated with the device. The one or more policies may correspond to rules for disambiguating which profile to use to execute with respect to the user input. Using the one or more policies, the system determines which profile is to be used, and causes a speechlet component to execute using information specific to the determined profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventors: Rebecca Joy Lopdrup Miller, Dick Clarence Hardt, Joseph Jessup, Yu Bao, Gonzalo Alvarez Barrio, Liron Torres
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Patent number: 10733222Abstract: Techniques for disambiguating which profile, of multiple profiles, is to be used to respond to a user input are described. A device located in a communal space (e.g., a hotel room or suite of rooms, conference room, hospital room, etc.) may be associated with a device profile and a user profile of a user presently occupying the communal space. When the user inputs a command to the device (either by text or speech), a system associated with the device determines the profiles (e.g., a device profile and a user profile) associated with the device. The system determines one or more policies associated with the device. The one or more policies may correspond to rules for disambiguating which profile to use to execute with respect to the user input. Using the one or more policies, the system determines which profile is to be used, and causes a speechlet component to execute using information specific to the determined profile.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Rebecca Joy Lopdrup Miller, Dick Clarence Hardt, Joseph Jessup, Yu Bao, Gonzalo Alvarez Barrio, Liron Torres
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Patent number: 10735411Abstract: A system is provided that determines a location of a user based on various criteria. The system may detect the location of a user based on the location of the user's device, as determined using a beacon signal, and an expected location of the user's device, as determined using schedule information. The system may process data representing the user's device location and expected location using a model to determine a confidence that a user is at a particular location. Based on the determined location, the system may perform various actions.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Dick Clarence Hardt, Aaron Gowatch, Yu-Hsiang Cheng, Kevin Crews, Jonathan Alan Leblang, Nicolas Cyril Guillaume
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Patent number: 10714085Abstract: Systems and methods for temporarily associating user accounts with voice-enabled devices are disclosed. A voice-enabled device, which may be associated with a default account, may be situated in an environment, such as a hotel room. A user may desire to utilize the voice-enabled device to perform one or more actions. In examples, some or all of the actions may require the use of a system resource not available to the default account. In these examples, the user may provide contact information to be used to send a message to personal device of the user to acquire user account information. Upon receipt of such information, the user account may be temporarily associated with the voice-enabled device, and may be dissociated from the voice-enabled device upon the lapse of a period of time and/or occurrence of a dissociation event.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Rebecca Joy Lopdrup Miller, Liron Torres, Kadirvel Chockalingam Vanniarajan, Gonzalo Alvarez Barrio, Dick Clarence Hardt
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Patent number: 10715528Abstract: A system is provided that determines a location of a user based on various criteria. The system may detect the location of a user based on the location of the user's voice and the location of the user's device, as determined using a beacon signal. The system may process data representing the user's voice and device locations using a model to determine a confidence that a user is at a particular location. Based on the determined location, the system may perform various actions.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Alan Leblang, Dick Clarence Hardt, Aaron Gowatch, Yu-Hsiang Cheng, Kevin Crews, Nicolas Cyril Guillaume
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Publication number: 20200220854Abstract: An identity provider receives a request to configure authentication for enabling single sign-on to a service provider. The identity provider identifies the authentication protocols supported by the service provider and determines whether it is compatible with these authentication protocols. As a result of the identity provider being compatible with at least some of the authentication protocols, the identity provider generates configuration information that is usable by the service provider to configure the authentication. The identity provider transmits, to a computer system, a response that causes the computer system to be redirected to the service provider in order to provide information usable by the service provider to obtain the configuration information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2020Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Dick Clarence Hardt, Darin Keith McAdams
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Patent number: 10630668Abstract: An identity provider receives a request to configure authentication for enabling single sign-on to a service provider. The identity provider identifies the authentication protocols supported by the service provider and determines whether it is compatible with these authentication protocols. As a result of the identity provider being compatible with at least some of the authentication protocols, the identity provider generates configuration information that is usable by the service provider to configure the authentication. The identity provider transmits, to a computer system, a response that causes the computer system to be redirected to the service provider in order to provide information usable by the service provider to obtain the configuration information.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Dick Clarence Hardt, Darin Keith McAdams
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Publication number: 20190378500Abstract: Systems and methods for temporarily associating user accounts with voice-enabled devices are disclosed. A voice-enabled device, which may be associated with a default account, may be situated in an environment, such as a hotel room. A user may desire to utilize the voice-enabled device to perform one or more actions. In examples, some or all of the actions may require the use of a system resource not available to the default account. In these examples, the user may provide contact information to be used to send a message to personal device of the user to acquire user account information. Upon receipt of such information, the user account may be temporarily associated with the voice-enabled device, and may be dissociated from the voice-enabled device upon the lapse of a period of time and/or occurrence of a dissociation event.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2018Publication date: December 12, 2019Inventors: Rebecca Joy Lopdrup Miller, Liron Torres, Kadirvel Chockalingam Vanniarajan, Gonzalo Alvarez Barrio, Dick Clarence Hardt
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Publication number: 20190378499Abstract: Systems and methods for temporarily associating user accounts with voice-enabled devices are disclosed. A voice-enabled device, which may be associated with a default account, may be situated in an environment, such as a hotel room. A user may desire to utilize the voice-enabled device to perform one or more actions. In examples, some or all of the actions may require the use of a system resource not available to the default account. In these examples, the user may provide contact information to be used to send a message to personal device of the user to acquire user account information. Upon receipt of such information, the user account may be temporarily associated with the voice-enabled device, and may be dissociated from the voice-enabled device upon the lapse of a period of time and/or occurrence of a dissociation event.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2018Publication date: December 12, 2019Inventors: Rebecca Joy Lopdrup Miller, Liron Torres, Kadirvel Chockalingam Vanniarajan, Gonzalo Alvarez Barrio, Dick Clarence Hardt
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Publication number: 20180316657Abstract: An identity provider receives a request to configure authentication for enabling single sign-on to a service provider. The identity provider identifies the authentication protocols supported by the service provider and determines whether it is compatible with these authentication protocols. As a result of the identity provider being compatible with at least some of the authentication protocols, the identity provider generates configuration information that is usable by the service provider to configure the authentication. The identity provider transmits, to a computer system, a response that causes the computer system to be redirected to the service provider in order to provide information usable by the service provider to obtain the configuration information.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2017Publication date: November 1, 2018Inventors: Dick Clarence Hardt, Darin Keith McAdams
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Patent number: 8635679Abstract: A system and method provide a framework for networked identity management in a user-centric model by providing the ability for a user to delegate permissions to release identity information, by enabling a mechanism for releasing one of a requested plurality of data sets and by providing facilities for the retrieval of identity information from an external server. Anonymization of identity data is enabled through the use of an anonymizer system that can optionally be integrated with an identity store such as a homesite.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2006Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Webler Solutions, LLCInventor: Dick Clarence Hardt
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Publication number: 20100180001Abstract: A system for providing contextual information to the user through a messaging panel or alternate display provides system and social contextual information related to activities undertaken by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2010Publication date: July 15, 2010Inventor: Dick Clarence Hardt