Patents by Inventor Scott I. Blanksteen

Scott I. Blanksteen 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: 9922646
    Abstract: Techniques for identifying a location of a voice-controlled device within an environment. After identifying a location of the device, the device may receive a voice command from a user within the environment and may determine a response to the command based in part on the location, may determine how to output a response based in part on the location or may determine how to interact with the user based in part on the location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott I. Blanksteen
  • Patent number: 9779757
    Abstract: Architectures and techniques to visually indicate an operational state of an electronic device. In some instances, the electronic device comprises a voice-controlled device configured to interact with a user through voice input and visual output. The voice-controlled device may be positioned in a home environment, such as on a table in a room of the environment. The user may interact with the voice-controlled device through speech and the voice-controlled device may perform operations requested by the speech. As the voice-controlled device enters different operational states while interacting with the user, one or more lights of the voice-controlled device may be illuminated to indicate the different operational states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott I. Blanksteen, Gregory M. Hart, Charles S. Rogers, III, Heinz-Dominik Langhammer, Ronald Edward Webber
  • Patent number: 9058813
    Abstract: A natural language system may receive user-input. The user-input may include personal or restrictable information. The natural language system may provide a dual processing system. The natural language system may store a true copy of the user-input, which may include the personal or restrictable information. The natural language system may also generate an obfuscated copy of the user-input that does not contain personal or restricted information. The true copy of the user-input may be stored in a secure storage system and may be retrieved by authorized personnel, which may include the user who provided the user-input. The obfuscated copy of the user-input may be stored in a storage system and may be employed in ongoing training of the natural language system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Rawles LLC
    Inventor: Scott I. Blanksteen