Patents by Inventor Ian Suttle

Ian Suttle 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).

  • Patent number: 11887590
    Abstract: Methods and devices for enabling and disabling applications using voice are described herein. In some embodiments, an individual speak an utterance to their electronic device, which may send audio data representing the utterance to a backend system. The backend system may generate text data representing the utterance, and may determine that an intent of the utterance was for an application to be enabled or disabled for their user account on the backend system. If, for instance, the intent was to enable the application, the backend system may receive one or more rules for performing functionalities of the application, as well as one or more sample templates of sample utterances and sample responses that future utterances may use when requesting the application. Furthermore, one or more invocation phrases that may be used within the future utterances to invoke the application may be received, along with slot values for the sample templates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shaman D'Souza, Ian Suttle, Srikanth Nori, Rajiv Reddy, Amol Kanitkar, Tina Orooji
  • Publication number: 20210104238
    Abstract: Methods and devices for enabling and disabling applications using voice are described herein. In some embodiments, an individual speak an utterance to their electronic device, which may send audio data representing the utterance to a backend system. The backend system may generate text data representing the utterance, and may determine that an intent of the utterance was for an application to be enabled or disabled for their user account on the backend system. If, for instance, the intent was to enable the application, the backend system may receive one or more rules for performing functionalities of the application, as well as one or more sample templates of sample utterances and sample responses that future utterances may use when requesting the application. Furthermore, one or more invocation phrases that may be used within the future utterances to invoke the application may be received, along with slot values for the sample templates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Shaman D'Souza, Ian Suttle, Srikanth Nori, Rajiv Reddy, Amol Kanitkar, Tina Orooji
  • Patent number: 10803869
    Abstract: Methods and devices for enabling and disabling applications using voice are described herein. In some embodiments, an individual speak an utterance to their electronic device, which may send audio data representing the utterance to a backend system. The backend system may generate text data representing the utterance, and may determine that an intent of the utterance was for an application to be enabled or disabled for their user account on the backend system. If, for instance, the intent was to enable the application, the backend system may receive one or more rules for performing functionalities of the application, as well as one or more sample templates of sample utterances and sample responses that future utterances may use when requesting the application. Furthermore, one or more invocation phrases that may be used within the future utterances to invoke the application may be received, along with slot values for the sample templates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Shaman D'Souza, Ian Suttle, Srikanth Nori, Rajiv Reddy, Amol Kanitkar, Tina Orooji
  • Publication number: 20190371329
    Abstract: Methods and devices for enabling and disabling applications using voice are described herein. In some embodiments, an individual speak an utterance to their electronic device, which may send audio data representing the utterance to a backend system. The backend system may generate text data representing the utterance, and may determine that an intent of the utterance was for an application to be enabled or disabled for their user account on the backend system. If, for instance, the intent was to enable the application, the backend system may receive one or more rules for performing functionalities of the application, as well as one or more sample templates of sample utterances and sample responses that future utterances may use when requesting the application. Furthermore, one or more invocation phrases that may be used within the future utterances to invoke the application may be received, along with slot values for the sample templates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Shaman D'Souza, Ian Suttle, Srikanth Nori, Rajiv Reddy, Amol Kanitkar, Tina Orooji
  • Patent number: 10332513
    Abstract: Methods and devices for enabling and disabling applications using voice are described herein. In some embodiments, an individual speak an utterance to their electronic device, which may send audio data representing the utterance to a backend system. The backend system may generate text data representing the utterance, and may determine that an intent of the utterance was for an application to be enabled or disabled for their user account on the backend system. If, for instance, the intent was to enable the application, the backend system may receive one or more rules for performing functionalities of the application, as well as one or more sample templates of sample utterances and sample responses that future utterances may use when requesting the application. Furthermore, one or more invocation phrases that may be used within the future utterances to invoke the application may be received, along with slot values for the sample templates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shaman D'Souza, Ian Suttle, Srikanth Nori, Rajiv Reddy, Amol Kanitkar, Tina Orooji