Performing actions for users based on spoken information
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method to allow sellers to provide pricing information to a user based on a stored collection of item information associated with the user, the method comprising:
- item information for a user, wherein each of the collections of item information has an associated topic and includes a plurality of purchasable items;
determining whether the user has elected to make at least one of the collections of item information available to affiliated sellers;
when the user has elected to make a collection of item information available to affiliated sellers;
allowing affiliated sellers to access information about purchasable items in the collection of item information associated with the user;
receiving pricing information associated with accessed information about purchasable items from the affiliated sellers, the pricing information comprising an offer to supply a purchasable item at a particular price;
providing to the user at least some of the received pricing information for purchasable items in the collection of item information;
receiving, from the user, a selection of an affiliated seller from which to purchase a selected item; and
transmitting the purchase selection to the affiliated seller selected by the user to allow the affiliated seller to fulfill the purchase selection.
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Abstract
Techniques are described for performing actions for users based at least in part on spoken information, such as spoken voice-based information received from the users during telephone calls. The described techniques include categorizing spoken information obtained from a user in one or more ways, and performing actions on behalf of the user related to the categorized information. For example, in some situations, spoken information obtained from a user is analyzed to identify one or more spoken information items (e.g., words, phrases, sentences, etc.) supplied by the user, and to generate corresponding textual representations (e.g., via automated speech-to-text techniques). One or more actions may then be taken regarding the identified information items, including to categorize the items by adding textual representations of the spoken information items to one or more of multiple predefined lists or other collections of information that are specific to or otherwise available to the user.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method to allow sellers to provide pricing information to a user based on a stored collection of item information associated with the user, the method comprising:
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item information for a user, wherein each of the collections of item information has an associated topic and includes a plurality of purchasable items; determining whether the user has elected to make at least one of the collections of item information available to affiliated sellers; when the user has elected to make a collection of item information available to affiliated sellers; allowing affiliated sellers to access information about purchasable items in the collection of item information associated with the user; receiving pricing information associated with accessed information about purchasable items from the affiliated sellers, the pricing information comprising an offer to supply a purchasable item at a particular price; providing to the user at least some of the received pricing information for purchasable items in the collection of item information; receiving, from the user, a selection of an affiliated seller from which to purchase a selected item; and transmitting the purchase selection to the affiliated seller selected by the user to allow the affiliated seller to fulfill the purchase selection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer-implemented method to allow partner services to provide pricing information to a user based on a group of information maintained for the user, the method comprising:
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storing one or more groups of information for a user, wherein each group of information is associated with a distinct topic and includes multiple information items; verifying that the user has granted one or more partner services access to a group of information associated with the user; for each partner service that is has been granted access to the group of information; allowing the partner service to access the information items in the group of information associated with the user; and receiving, from the partner service, pricing information associated with at least one of the accessed information items; providing to the user at least some of the received pricing information from the partner services granted access; receiving, from the user, a selection of a partner service from which to purchase an information item; and transmitting the purchase selection to the selected partner service to allow the partner service to fulfill the purchase selection. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 17)
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16. A tangible computer-readable storage device containing instructions that, when executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to perform a method to allow sellers to provide price bids to a user for items in a list maintained by the user, the method comprising:
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maintaining one or more lists for a user, wherein each of the lists is specific to an associated topic and includes multiple items; determining that the user has elected to make one or more of the lists available to an affiliated seller; allowing the affiliated seller to access the items in a list associated with the user; receiving, from the affiliated seller, pricing information associated with at least one of the accessed items; providing to the user at least some of the received pricing information; receiving, from the user, a selection of an item to purchase from the affiliated seller; and transmitting the purchase selection to the affiliated seller to allow the affiliated seller to fulfill the purchase selection. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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