Patents by Inventor Nicholas Adam Cummings

Nicholas Adam Cummings 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).

  • Publication number: 20240256219
    Abstract: Techniques for performing speech processing using multi-modal widget information are described. A system may receive input data corresponding to a user input. The system may also receive widget context data corresponding to one or more multi-modal widgets active at a device. The system may use the widget context data to perform natural language understanding (NLU) processing with respect to the user input, and for selecting a skill component for responding to the user input. The system may send a widget identifier to the skill component when invoking the skill to respond to the user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Nhat Vu Doan, Nicholas Adam Cummings, Prashant Jayaram Thakare, Jalaj Kumar, Ganesh Prabu Ravi, Chih-Shin Wang, Narenda Gyanchandani
  • Patent number: 11966663
    Abstract: Techniques for performing speech processing using multi-modal widget information are described. A system may receive input data corresponding to a user input. The system may also receive widget context data corresponding to one or more multi-modal widgets active at a device. The system may use the widget context data to perform natural language understanding (NLU) processing with respect to the user input, and for selecting a skill component for responding to the user input. The system may send a widget identifier to the skill component when invoking the skill to respond to the user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Nhat Vu Doan, Nicholas Adam Cummings, Prashant Jayaram Thakare, Jalaj Kumar, Ganesh Prabu Ravi, Chih-Shin Wang, Narenda Gyanchandani
  • Patent number: 11575758
    Abstract: Techniques for session-based device grouping are described. In an example, a computer system receives first data requesting an output, determines a function to provide content data based at least in part on the first data, determines a session identifier of a session associated with execution of the function, and determines session data associated with the session identifier. The session data includes a first device identifier of a first device, an indication that the first device is outputting the content data, and a second device identifier of a second device. The computer system also causes, based at least in part on the session data including the second device identifier, the second device to output the content data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Prashant Jayaram Thakare, Nicholas Adam Cummings, Ratika Anand, Faqin Zhong, Parathan Sivagnanasundaram, Casey Stuart Smith