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Spoken control for user construction of complex behaviors

  • US 9,026,441 B2
  • Filed: 02/28/2013
  • Issued: 05/05/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/29/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device interface comprising:

  • a dialog interface module disposed within a device and configured to accept a signal comprising a representation of a spoken utterance;

    a data source connection configured to acquire environment data from a plurality of data sources and representative of a device environment;

    a device function database storing primitive device functions indexed by device state attributes;

    an interaction history database storing previous interactions indexed by environment data attributes; and

    a triggering module coupled with the dialog interface, data source interface, and the interaction history database and configured to;

    obtain previous interaction from the interaction history database by submitting a query to the interacting history database, the query instantiated based on environment data attributes derived from the environment data;

    derive a device state from at least one of the environment data and previous interactions;

    obtain a set of primitive device functions from the device function database based on the device state;

    instantiate a future device behavior constructed from the set of primitive functions and the dialog signal;

    create a trigger as a function of the future device behavior and the device state; and

    configure the device to exhibit the future device behavior upon satisfaction of the trigger.

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