Patents by Inventor James Alexander Stanton

James Alexander Stanton 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: 11968271
    Abstract: Systems and methods for sender profile and/or recipient profile disambiguation and/or confirmation are disclosed. In instances where a sender profile is not indicated by a user sending a communication from a communal device, heuristic data may be utilized to infer the sender profile. Similar heuristic data may also be used when selection of the sender profile is associated with a low confidence level. Heuristic data may also be used to infer the recipient profile when the user does not indicate the recipient profile or when selection of the recipient profile is associated with a low confidence. Various confirmations may result from the sender and recipient profile disambiguation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christo Frank Devaraj, Christopher Geiger Parker, Sumedha Arvind Kshirsagar, James Alexander Stanton, Aaron Takayanagi Barnet, Venkatesh Kancharla, Gregory Michael Hart
  • Patent number: 11776541
    Abstract: Techniques for synchronizing communication across devices are described. A system receives an input command corresponding to an announcement and sends data representing the announcement to devices of the system. The system receives responses from the devices and causes the device that originated the announcement to output content corresponding to the responses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christo Frank Devaraj, Farookh Mohammed, James Alexander Stanton, Brandon Taylor, Peter Chin, Mahesh Rajagopalan
  • Publication number: 20230216927
    Abstract: Systems and methods for sender profile and/or recipient profile disambiguation and/or confirmation are disclosed. In instances where a sender profile is not indicated by a user sending a communication from a communal device, heuristic data may be utilized to infer the sender profile. Similar heuristic data may also be used when selection of the sender profile is associated with a low confidence level. Heuristic data may also be used to infer the recipient profile when the user does not indicate the recipient profile or when selection of the recipient profile is associated with a low confidence. Various confirmations may result from the sender and recipient profile disambiguation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Christo Frank Devaraj, Christopher Geiger Parker, Sumedha Arvind Kshirsagar, James Alexander Stanton, Aaron Takayanagi Barnet, Venkatesh Kancharla, Gregory Michael Hart
  • Patent number: 11556575
    Abstract: Techniques for structuring knowledge bases specific to a user or group of users and techniques for using the knowledge bases to answer user inputs are described. A knowledge base may be populated with information provided by users associated with the knowledge base. Users associated with a knowledge base may be proactive in providing content to the knowledge base and/or a system may solicit an answer to a user input from users associated with a particular knowledge base. When the system receives an answer, the system may populate the knowledge base with the answer and may output the answer to the user that originated the user input. The system may output user inputs to be answered using messages or by establishing two-way communication sessions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: James Alexander Stanton
  • Patent number: 11546434
    Abstract: Systems and methods for sender profile and/or recipient profile disambiguation and/or confirmation are disclosed. In instances where a sender profile is not indicated by a user sending a communication from a communal device, heuristic data may be utilized to infer the sender profile. Similar heuristic data may also be used when selection of the sender profile is associated with a low confidence level. Heuristic data may also be used to infer the recipient profile when the user does not indicate the recipient profile or when selection of the recipient profile is associated with a low confidence. Various confirmations may result from the sender and recipient profile disambiguation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christo Frank Devaraj, Christopher Geiger Parker, Sumedha Arvind Kshirsagar, James Alexander Stanton, Aaron Takayanagi Barnet, Venkatesh Kancharla, Gregory Michael Hart
  • Publication number: 20210248170
    Abstract: Techniques for structuring knowledge bases specific to a user or group of users and techniques for using the knowledge bases to answer user inputs are described. A knowledge base may be populated with information provided by users associated with the knowledge base. Users associated with a knowledge base may be proactive in providing content to the knowledge base and/or a system may solicit an answer to a user input from users associated with a particular knowledge base. When the system receives an answer, the system may populate the knowledge base with the answer and may output the answer to the user that originated the user input. The system may output user inputs to be answered using messages or by establishing two-way communication sessions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventor: James Alexander Stanton
  • Patent number: 11024303
    Abstract: Techniques for communicating announcements across devices are described. A system performs speech processing on input audio data to determine a command to output an announcement. The system determines devices outputting indicators representing users are proximate thereto. The system generates output audio data corresponding to at least a portion of the input audio data corresponding to announcement content. The system sends the output audio data to the devices along with instructions to output audio corresponding to the output audio data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christo Frank Devaraj, Farookh Mohammed, James Alexander Stanton, Brandon Taylor, Peter Chin, Mahesh Rajagopalan
  • Publication number: 20210144230
    Abstract: Systems and methods for sender profile and/or recipient profile disambiguation and/or confirmation are disclosed. In instances where a sender profile is not indicated by a user sending a communication from a communal device, heuristic data may be utilized to infer the sender profile. Similar heuristic data may also be used when selection of the sender profile is associated with a low confidence level. Heuristic data may also be used to infer the recipient profile when the user does not indicate the recipient profile or when selection of the recipient profile is associated with a low confidence. Various confirmations may result from the sender and recipient profile disambiguation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Christo Frank Devaraj, Christopher Geiger Parker, Sumedha Arvind Kshirsagar, James Alexander Stanton, Aaron Takayanagi Barnet, Venkatesh Kancharla, Gregory Michael Hart
  • Patent number: 10956462
    Abstract: Techniques for structuring knowledge bases specific to a user or group of users and techniques for using the knowledge bases to answer user inputs are described. A knowledge base may be populated with information provided by users associated with the knowledge base. Users associated with a knowledge base may be proactive in providing content to the knowledge base and/or a system may solicit an answer to a user input from users associated with a particular knowledge base. When the system receives an answer, the system may populate the knowledge base with the answer and may output the answer to the user that originated the user input. The system may output user inputs to be answered using messages or by establishing two-way communication sessions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: James Alexander Stanton
  • Patent number: 10848591
    Abstract: Systems and methods for sender profile and/or recipient profile disambiguation and/or confirmation are disclosed. In instances where a sender profile is not indicated by a user sending a communication from a communal device, heuristic data may be utilized to infer the sender profile. Similar heuristic data may also be used when selection of the sender profile is associated with a low confidence level. Heuristic data may also be used to infer the recipient profile when the user does not indicate the recipient profile or when selection of the recipient profile is associated with a low confidence. Various confirmations may result from the sender and recipient profile disambiguation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christo Frank Devaraj, James Alexander Stanton, Sumedha Arvind Kshirsagar, Christopher Geiger Parker, Aaron Takayanagi Barnet, Venkatesh Kancharla, Gregory Michael Hart
  • Publication number: 20200357399
    Abstract: Techniques for synchronizing communication across devices are described. A system receives an input command corresponding to an announcement and sends data representing the announcement to devices of the system. The system receives responses from the devices and causes the device that originated the announcement to output content corresponding to the responses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Christo Frank Devaraj, Farookh Mohammed, James Alexander Stanton, Brandon Taylor, Peter Chin, Mahesh Rajagopalan
  • Patent number: 10706845
    Abstract: Techniques for synchronizing communication across devices are described. A system receives an input command corresponding to an announcement and sends data representing the announcement to devices of the system. The system receives responses from the devices and causes the device that originated the announcement to output content corresponding to the responses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christo Frank Devaraj, Farookh Mohammed, James Alexander Stanton, Brandon Taylor, Peter Chin, Mahesh Rajagopalan
  • Publication number: 20180309866
    Abstract: Systems and methods for sender profile and/or recipient profile disambiguation and/or confirmation are disclosed. In instances where a sender profile is not indicated by a user sending a communication from a communal device, heuristic data may be utilized to infer the sender profile. Similar heuristic data may also be used when selection of the sender profile is associated with a low confidence level. Heuristic data may also be used to infer the recipient profile when the user does not indicate the recipient profile or when selection of the recipient profile is associated with a low confidence. Various confirmations may result from the sender and recipient profile disambiguation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Christo Frank Devaraj, James Alexander Stanton, Sumedha Arvind Kshirsagar, Christopher Geiger Parker, Aaron Takayanagi Barnet, Venkatesh Kancharla, Gregory Michael Hart