Patents by Inventor Monty Eich

Monty Eich 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: 12413440
    Abstract: Example embodiments provide techniques for configuring a system to receive an input at a source device and present an output at another device within the same space as the source device. The output device may be selected based on various factors relating to the capabilities of the output device, the type of output responsive to the user input, whether the output device is active, whether the output device was recently used and others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2025
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jatin Bajaj, Clare Elizabeth Veladanda, Tom Vessella, Gregg Taylor Lehman, Monty Eich
  • Patent number: 12010387
    Abstract: Devices and techniques are generally described for voice targeting of devices using content type. In various examples, a first natural language input comprising a first request to perform a first action related to first content may be received. A natural language understanding component may be used to determine first intent data representing a semantic interpretation of the first request, where the first intent data is effective to cause a first skill to perform the first action. A named entity recognition component may be used to determine first slot data included in the first request. The first slot data may identify the first content. First task data associated with the first content may be determined. The first task data may associate the first content with playback on a first device. First instructions effective to cause the first device to perform the first action may be sent to the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Genna Michelle Krecicki Moderhack, Tom Vessella, Clare Elizabeth Veladanda, Monty Eich, Ratika Anand
  • Publication number: 20230362026
    Abstract: Example embodiments provide techniques for configuring a system to receive an input at a source device and present an output at another device within the same space as the source device. The output device may be selected based on various factors relating to the capabilities of the output device, the type of output responsive to the user input, whether the output device is active, whether the output device was recently used and others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Jatin Bajaj, Clare Elizabeth Veladanda, Tom Vessella, Gregg Taylor Lehman, Monty Eich
  • Patent number: 11665013
    Abstract: Example embodiments provide techniques for configuring a system to receive an input at a source device and present an output at another device within the same space as the source device. The output device may be selected based on various factors relating to the capabilities of the output device, the type of output responsive to the user input, whether the output device is active, whether the output device was recently used and others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jatin Bajaj, Clare Elizabeth Veladanda, Tom Vessella, Gregg Taylor Lehman, Monty Eich
  • Patent number: 11579841
    Abstract: A speech-processing system may provide access to one or more skills via spoken commands and/or responses in the form of synthesized speech. The system may be capable of keeping one or more skills active in the background while a user interacts (e.g., provides inputs to and/or receives outputs from) with a skill running in the foreground. A background skill may receive some trigger data, and determine to request the system to return the background skill to the foreground to, for example, request a user input regarding an action previously requested by the user. In some cases, the user may invoke a background skill to continue a previous interaction. The system may return the background skill to the foreground. The resumed skill may continue a previous interaction to, for example, to query the user for instructions, provide an update or alert, or continue a previous output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Monty Eich, Clare Elizabeth Veladanda, Shiladitya Roy, Rohit Bhattacharjee, Prashant Jayaram Thakare, Nikhil Gupta, Xu Zhang