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Audio message extraction

  • US 10,319,375 B2
  • Filed: 12/28/2016
  • Issued: 06/11/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system, comprising:

  • at least one device processor;

    memory including instructions that, when executed by the at least one device processor, cause the system to;

    receive audio input data from a voice communications device associated with an account, the audio input data corresponding to an utterance received by a microphone of the voice communications device, wherein a beginning of the utterance is identified by the voice communications device in response to a wakeword being detected by the voice communications device;

    generate text data from the audio input data by performing automated speech recognition (ASR) on the audio input data;

    determine, from the text data, a messaging intent by performing natural language processing (NLP) on the text data;

    determine a slot pattern corresponding to the messaging intent, the slot pattern including at least a target slot and a message payload slot;

    determine respective portions of the text data that correspond to the target slot and the message payload slot;

    identify, based upon the text data corresponding to the target recipient slot and a contact list associated with the voice communications device, a recipient identifier;

    determine a first timestamp associated with the message payload slot;

    generate, based upon the first timestamp, audio message data including a portion of the audio data corresponding to the text data of the message payload slot; and

    send the audio message data for playback on an audio playback device associated with the recipient identifier.

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