Patents by Inventor Rebecca Joy Lopdrup Miller

Rebecca Joy Lopdrup Miller 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: 20240071382
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Rebecca Joy Lopdrup Miller, Liron Torres, Kadirvel Chockalingam Vanniarajan, Gonzalo Alvarez Barrio, Dick Clarence Hardt
  • Publication number: 20230385319
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Rebecca Joy Lopdrup Miller, Dick Clarence Hardt, Joseph Jessup, Yu Bao, Gonzalo Alvarez Barrio, Liron Torres
  • Patent number: 11763808
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Rebecca Joy Lopdrup Miller, Liron Torres, Kadirvel Chockalingam Vanniarajan, Gonzalo Alvarez Barrio, Dick Clarence Hardt
  • Patent number: 11734326
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Rebecca Joy Lopdrup Miller, Dick Clarence Hardt, Joseph Jessup, Yu Bao, Gonzalo Alvarez Barrio, Liron Torres
  • Publication number: 20210065711
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Rebecca Joy Lopdrup Miller, Liron Torres, Kadirvel Chockalingam Vanniarajan, Gonzalo Alvarez Barrio, Dick Clarence Hardt
  • Patent number: 10847153
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Rebecca Joy Lopdrup Miller, Liron Torres, Kadirvel Chockalingam Vanniarajan, Gonzalo Alvarez Barrio, Dick Clarence Hardt
  • Publication number: 20200342011
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Rebecca Joy Lopdrup Miller, Dick Clarence Hardt, Joseph Jessup, Yu Bao, Gonzalo Alvarez Barrio, Liron Torres
  • Patent number: 10733222
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Rebecca Joy Lopdrup Miller, Dick Clarence Hardt, Joseph Jessup, Yu Bao, Gonzalo Alvarez Barrio, Liron Torres
  • Patent number: 10714085
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Rebecca Joy Lopdrup Miller, Liron Torres, Kadirvel Chockalingam Vanniarajan, Gonzalo Alvarez Barrio, Dick Clarence Hardt
  • Publication number: 20190378500
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Rebecca Joy Lopdrup Miller, Liron Torres, Kadirvel Chockalingam Vanniarajan, Gonzalo Alvarez Barrio, Dick Clarence Hardt
  • Publication number: 20190378499
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Rebecca Joy Lopdrup Miller, Liron Torres, Kadirvel Chockalingam Vanniarajan, Gonzalo Alvarez Barrio, Dick Clarence Hardt