Eugene J Ray

US Patent:

20210350799, Nov 11, 2021

Filed:

Aug 11, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/990894

Inventors:

- Cupertino CA, US
Nikrouz GHOTBI - San Jose CA, US
Yifeng GUI - Los Gatos CA, US
Xinyuan HUANG - San Jose CA, US
Benjamin S. PHIPPS - San Francisco CA, US
Eugene RAY - Cupertino CA, US
Mahesh Ramaray SHANBHAG - Santa Clara CA, US
Jaireh TECARRO - Berkeley CA, US
Sumit WATTAL - Campbell CA, US

International Classification:

G10L 15/22
G10L 15/18
G10L 15/30

Abstract:

This relates to intelligent automated assistants and, more specifically, to intelligent context sharing and task performance among a collection of devices with intelligent automated assistant capabilities. An example method includes, at a first electronic device participating in a context-sharing group associated with a first location: receiving a user voice input; receiving, from a context collector, an aggregate context of the context-sharing group; providing at least a portion of the aggregate context and data corresponding to the user voice input to a remote device; receiving, from the remote device, a command to perform one or more tasks and a device identifier corresponding to a second electronic device; and transmitting the command to the second electronic device based on the device identifier, wherein the command causes the second electronic device to perform the one or more tasks.

US Patent:

20210350803, Nov 11, 2021

Filed:

May 3, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/306489

Inventors:

- Cupertino CA, US
Nikrouz GHOTBI - San Jose CA, US
Yifeng GUI - Los Gatos CA, US
Xinyuan HUANG - San Jose CA, US
Benjamin S. PHIPPS - San Francisco CA, US
Eugene RAY - San Jose CA, US
Mahesh Ramaray SHANBHAG - Santa Clara CA, US
Jaireh TECARRO - Oakland CA, US
Sumit WATTAL - Campbell CA, US

International Classification:

G10L 15/22
G06F 21/32
G10L 15/18
G10L 15/30

Abstract:

This relates to intelligent automated assistants and, more specifically, to intelligent context sharing and task performance among a collection of devices with intelligent automated assistant capabilities. An example method includes, at a first electronic device participating in a context-sharing group associated with a first location: receiving a user voice input; receiving, from a context collector, an aggregate context of the context-sharing group; providing at least a portion of the aggregate context and data corresponding to the user voice input to a remote device; receiving, from the remote device, a command to perform one or more tasks and a device identifier corresponding to a second electronic device; and transmitting the command to the second electronic device based on the device identifier, wherein the command causes the second electronic device to perform the one or more tasks.

US Patent:

20210350810, Nov 11, 2021

Filed:

Oct 16, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/073092

Inventors:

- Cupertino CA, US
Sachin KAJAREKAR - Sunnyvale CA, US
Eugene RAY - Cupertino CA, US
Mahesh Ramaray SHANBHAG - Santa Clara CA, US
Kisun YOU - Campbell CA, US
Patrick L. Coffman - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G10L 17/22
G10L 17/18

Abstract:

Systems and processes for operating an intercom system via a digital assistant are provided. The intercom system is trigger-free, in that users communicate, in real-time, via devices without employing a trigger to speak. Acoustic fingerprints are employed to associate users with devices. Acoustic fingerprints include vector embeddings of speech input in an acoustic-feature vector space. Speech heard at multiple devices, as embedded in a fingerprint, may be clustered in the vector space, and the structure of the clusters is employed to associate users and devices. Based on the fingerprints, a device is mapped to a user, and the user employs that device to participate in a conversation, via the intercom service.

US Patent:

20210352115, Nov 11, 2021

Filed:

May 5, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/308452

Inventors:

- Cupertino CA, US
Nikrouz GHOTBI - San Jose CA, US
Yifeng GUI - Los Gatos CA, US
Xinyuan HUANG - San Jose CA, US
Benjamin S. PHIPPS - San Francisco CA, US
Eugene RAY - Cupertino CA, US
Mahesh Ramaray SHANBHAG - Santa Clara CA, US
Jaireh TECARRO - Berkeley CA, US
Sumit WATTAL - Campbell CA, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/06
H04L 29/08
G10L 15/22
H04L 12/26
G10L 15/30

Abstract:

This relates to intelligent automated assistants and, more specifically, to intelligent context sharing and task performance among a collection of devices with intelligent automated assistant capabilities. An example method includes, at a first electronic device participating in a context-sharing group associated with a first location: receiving a user voice input; receiving, from a context collector, an aggregate context of the context-sharing group; providing at least a portion of the aggregate context and data corresponding to the user voice input to a remote device; receiving, from the remote device, a command to perform one or more tasks and a device identifier corresponding to a second electronic device; and transmitting the command to the second electronic device based on the device identifier, wherein the command causes the second electronic device to perform the one or more tasks.