Patents by Inventor YASER KHAN
YASER KHAN 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).
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Patent number: 11922938Abstract: A multi-assistant speech-processing system that centrally determines multiple execution plans to respond to a user input. A central component determines whether a particular input should be processed using a requested assistant or a different assistant or should be terminated. Assistant handoff may be determined based on system policies as well as user input-specific data. A ranked list of execution options may be supplemented by augmented data corresponding to messages to a user. The system may attempt to execute plans in the ranked order until a plan succeeds.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Yaser Khan, Piyush Kandpal, Ritesh Patel, Mark Lawrence, Srinivas Palla, Ashish Rangole, Jason Wang
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Publication number: 20230282206Abstract: Techniques for a natural language processing (NLP) system to implement more than one assistant are described. The NLP system may receive a natural language input corresponding to more than one user command. The NLP system may respond to a first command, of the natural language input, using a TTS voice of a first NLP system assistant. The NLP system may respond to a second command, of the natural language input, using a TTS voice of a second NLP system assistant.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: Munir Mahmood, Leopold Bushkin, Alexander Thomas Loeb, Michael Schwartz, Mohammed Arif, Rongzhou Shen, Vikram Kumar Gundeti, Shemyla Anwar, Yaser Khan, Edward Page Foyle, Bo Li
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Patent number: 11636851Abstract: Techniques for a natural language processing (NLP) system to implement more than one assistant are described. The NLP system may receive a natural language input corresponding to more than one user command. The NLP system may respond to a first command, of the natural language input, using a TTS voice of a first NLP system assistant. The NLP system may respond to a second command, of the natural language input, using a TTS voice of a second NLP system assistant.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Munir Mahmood, Leopold Bushkin, Alexander Thomas Loeb, Michael Schwartz, Mohammed Arif, Rongzhou Shen, Vikram Kumar Gundeti, Shemyla Anwar, Yaser Khan, Edward Page Foyle, Bo Li
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Patent number: 11393477Abstract: Techniques for a natural language processing (NLP) system to implement more than one assistant are described. The NLP system may receive a natural language input from a device. The NLP system may also receive one or more signals representing one or more assistants to be implemented with respect to the natural language input. The NLP system may intelligently select an assistant to be invoked with respect to the natural language input. Once the assistant is selected, the NLP system may cause content, output to a user, to have characteristics specific to the assistant.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Munir Mahmood, Leopold Bushkin, Alexander Thomas Loeb, Michael Schwartz, Mohammed Arif, Rongzhou Shen, Vikram Kumar Gundeti, Shemyla Anwar, Yaser Khan, Edward Page Foyle, Bo Li
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Publication number: 20210398525Abstract: Techniques for a natural language processing (NLP) system to implement more than one assistant are described. The NLP system may receive a natural language input corresponding to more than one user command. The NLP system may respond to a first command, of the natural language input, using a TTS voice of a first NLP system assistant. The NLP system may respond to a second command, of the natural language input, using a TTS voice of a second NLP system assistant.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventors: Munir Mahmood, Leopold Bushkin, Alexander Thomas Loeb, Michael Schwartz, Mohammed Arif, Rongzhou Shen, Vikram Kumar Gundeti, Shemyla Anwar, Yaser Khan, Edward Page Foyle, Bo Li
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Patent number: 11120790Abstract: Techniques for a natural language processing (NLP) system to implement more than one assistant are described. The NLP system may receive a natural language input corresponding to more than one user command. The NLP system may respond to a first command, of the natural language input, using a TTS voice of a first NLP system assistant. The NLP system may respond to a second command, of the natural language input, using a TTS voice of a second NLP system assistant.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Munir Mahmood, Leopold Bushkin, Alexander Thomas Loeb, Michael Schwartz, Mohammed Arif, Rongzhou Shen, Vikram Kumar Gundeti, Shemyla Anwar, Yaser Khan, Edward Page Foyle, Bo Li
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Publication number: 20210090575Abstract: Techniques for a natural language processing (NLP) system to implement more than one assistant during a dialog between one or more users and the NLP system are described. The NLP system may receive a first natural language input and associate same with a dialog identifier. The NLP system may output audio, responsive to the first natural language input, in a first NLP system assistant's voice. Thereafter, the NLP system may receive a second natural language input and associate same with the dialog identifier. The NLP system may output audio, responsive to the second natural language input, in a second NLP system assistant's voice.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2019Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: Munir Mahmood, Leopold Bushkin, Alexander Thomas Loeb, Michael Schwartz, Mohammed Arif, Rongzhou Shen, Vikram Kumar Gundeti, Shemyla Anwar, Yaser Khan, Edward Page Foyle, Bo Li
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Publication number: 20210090555Abstract: Techniques for a natural language processing (NLP) system to implement more than one assistant are described. The NLP system may receive a natural language input corresponding to more than one user command. The NLP system may respond to a first command, of the natural language input, using a TTS voice of a first NLP system assistant. The NLP system may respond to a second command, of the natural language input, using a TTS voice of a second NLP system assistant.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2019Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: Munir Mahmood, Leopold Bushkin, Alexander Thomas Loeb, Michael Schwartz, Mohammed Arif, Rongzhou Shen, Vikram Kumar Gundeti, Shemyla Anwar, Yaser Khan, Edward Page Foyle, Bo Li
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Publication number: 20210090572Abstract: Techniques for a natural language processing (NLP) system to implement more than one assistant are described. The NLP system may receive a natural language input from a device. The NLP system may also receive one or more signals representing one or more assistants to be implemented with respect to the natural language input. The NLP system may intelligently select an assistant to be invoked with respect to the natural language input. Once the assistant is selected, the NLP system may cause content, output to a user, to have characteristics specific to the assistant.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2019Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: Munir Mahmood, Leopold Bushkin, Alexander Thomas Loeb, Michael Schwartz, Mohammed Arif, Rongzhou Shen, Vikram Kumar Gundeti, Shemyla Anwar, Yaser Khan, Edward Page Foyle, Bo Li
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Patent number: 10068588Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are provided for recognizing emotion in audio signals in real-time. An audio signal is detected and a rapid audio fingerprint is computed on a user's computing device. One or more features is extracted from the audio fingerprint and compared with features associated with defined emotions to determine relative degrees of similarity. Confidence scores are computed for the defined emotions based on the relative degrees of similarity and it is determined whether a confidence score for one or more particular emotions exceeds a threshold confidence score. If it is determined that a threshold confidence score for one or more particular emotions is exceeded, the particular emotion or emotions are associated with the audio signal. As desired, various action then may be initiated based upon the emotion/emotions associated with the audio signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2014Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Yaser Khan, Chris Huybreqts, Jaeyoun Kim, Thomas C. Butcher
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Patent number: 9812126Abstract: An electronic device in a topology of interconnected electronic devices can listen for a wake phrase and voice commands. The device can control when and how it responds so that a single device responds to voice commands. Per-task device preferences can be stored for a user. If a preferred device is not available, the task can still be performed on a device that has appropriate capabilities. Machine learning can determine a user's preferences. Power conservation and effective user interaction can result.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2015Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Yaser Khan, Aleksandar Uzelac, Daniel J. Hwang, Sergio Paolantonio, Jenny Kam, Vishwac Sena Kannan, Dennis James Mooney, II, Alice Jane Bernheim Brush
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Publication number: 20160155443Abstract: An electronic device in a topology of interconnected electronic devices can listen for a wake phrase and voice commands. The device can control when and how it responds so that a single device responds to voice commands. Per-task device preferences can be stored for a user. If a preferred device is not available, the task can still be performed on a device that has appropriate capabilities. Machine learning can determine a user's preferences. Power conservation and effective user interaction can result.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2015Publication date: June 2, 2016Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Yaser Khan, Aleksandar Uzelac, Daniel J. Hwang, Sergio Paolantonio, Jenny Kam, Vishwac Sena Kannan, Dennis James Mooney, II, Alice Jane Bernheim Brush
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Publication number: 20160019915Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are provided for recognizing emotion in audio signals in real-time. An audio signal is detected and a rapid audio fingerprint is computed on a user's computing device. One or more features is extracted from the audio fingerprint and compared with features associated with defined emotions to determine relative degrees of similarity. Confidence scores are computed for the defined emotions based on the relative degrees of similarity and it is determined whether a confidence score for one or more particular emotions exceeds a threshold confidence score. If it is determined that a threshold confidence score for one or more particular emotions is exceeded, the particular emotion or emotions are associated with the audio signal. As desired, various action then may be initiated based upon the emotion/emotions associated with the audio signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2014Publication date: January 21, 2016Inventors: YASER KHAN, CHRIS HUYBREGTS, JAEYOUN KIM, THOMAS C. BUTCHER