Methods and systems for voice-based programming of a voice-controlled device

• US 10,311,874 B2
• Filed: 08/02/2018
• Issued: 06/04/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IP3 2017, Series 200 of Allied Security Trust I (Allied Security Trust)
• Original Assignee: 4Q Catalyst, LLC
• Inventors: Guthery, Scott B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Abebe, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US16/053,264
• Publication Number:
  US 20190074003A1
• Time in Patent Office: 306 Days
• Field of Search: 704275
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/02 Feature extraction for speech recognition; Selection of recognition unit
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/285 Memory allocation or algorithm optimisation to reduce hardware requirements
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/225 Feedback of the input speech

Abstract

A method for voice-based programming of a voice-controlled device includes executing, by a voice-controlled device, an application for recognizing spoken programming commands, the application including a plurality of keyword phrases each associated with an action. The method includes receiving, by a voice-controlled device, an audio signal representing a user utterance. The method includes identifying, by the voice-controlled device, within the received audio signal, one of the plurality of keyword phrases and data for use in taking the action associated with the one of the plurality of keyword phrases. The method includes modifying, by the voice-controlled device, at least one data structure stored by the voice-controlled device responsive to the identified one of the plurality of keyword phrases and data.

Claims

1. A method for voice-based programming of a voice-controlled device and execution of voice-based programs, the method comprising:

executing, by a voice-controlled device, an application for recognizing spoken programming commands, the application including a plurality of keyword phrases each associated with at least one action;

receiving, by a voice-controlled device, an audio signal representing a first user utterance;

identifying, by the voice-controlled device, within the received audio signal, one of the plurality of keyword phrases and data for use in taking the action associated with the one of the plurality of keyword phrases, the one of the plurality of keyword phrases including an identification of an audio input triggering an action;

modifying, by the voice-controlled device, at least one data structure stored by the voice-controlled device responsive to the identified one of the plurality of keyword phrases and data;

detecting, by the voice-controlled device, a second user utterance including the identified audio input triggering the action; and

executing the action using the identified data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the identification of the audio input triggering an action includes a command to create a data structure and a command to store the created data structure in a memory store of the voice-controlled device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the identification of the audio input triggering an action includes a command to begin monitoring subsequent user utterances for the identified audio input triggering the action.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the stored data is the data identified within the audio signal as the data for use in taking the action.