Multimodal transmission of packetized data

• US 10,748,541 B2
• Filed: 10/29/2019
• Issued: 08/18/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Bhaya, Gaurav, Stets, Robert, Patil, Umesh
• Primary Examiner(s): Guerra-Erazo, Edgar X
• Application Number:
  US16/666,780
• Publication Number:
  US 20200066274A1
• Time in Patent Office: 294 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/279 Recognition of textual entities
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/1822 Parsing for meaning understanding
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/088 Word spotting
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command

Abstract

A system of multi-modal transmission of packetized data in a voice activated data packet based computer network environment is provided. A natural language processor component can parse an input audio signal to identify a request and a trigger keyword. Based on the input audio signal, a direct action application programming interface can generate a first action data structure, and a content selector component can select a content item. An interface management component can identify first and second candidate interfaces, and respective resource utilization values. The interface management component can select, based on the resource utilization values, the first candidate interface to present the content item. The interface management component can provide the first action data structure to the client computing device for rendering as audio output, and can transmit the content item converted for a first modality to deliver the content item for rendering from the selected interface.

Claims

1. A system of multi-modal transmission of packetized data in a voice activated data packet based computer network environment, comprising:

a data processing system comprising one or more processors and memory to;

receive, via an interface of the data processing system, data packets comprising an input audio signal detected by a sensor of a computing device;

parse the input audio signal to identify a request and a keyword corresponding to the request;

generate, based on at least one of the request and the keyword, one or more action data structures;

select, based on at least one of the request and the keyword, one or more content items;

identify a first candidate interface and a second candidate interface associated with the computing device;

select, based on a characteristic associated with the first candidate interface and the second candidate interface, the first candidate interface as a selected interface to present a first action data structure of the one or more action data structures and a first content item of the one or more content items;

provide the first action data structure and the first content item for delivery in a modality compatible with the selected interface selected based on the characteristic; and

transmit the first action data structure and the first content item in the modality to deliver the first content item for presentation via the selected interface.

2. The system of claim 1, comprising:

the data processing system to identify the first candidate interface and the second candidate interface located within a threshold distance of the computing device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the first candidate interface, the second candidate interface, and the computing device are linked with an account, comprising:

the data processing system to identify the first candidate interface and the second candidate interface based on the first candidate interface and the second candidate interface being linked with the account.

4. The system of claim 1, comprising the data processing system to:

poll a plurality of interfaces linked to an account of the computing device to identify a plurality of available interfaces, wherein the plurality of available interfaces comprises the first candidate interface and the second candidate interface.

5. The system of claim 1, comprising the data processing system to:

identify a first characteristic associated with the first candidate interface, and a second characteristic associated with the second candidate interface; and

select the first candidate interface based on the first characteristic.

6. The system of claim 1, comprising the data processing system to:

determine a first resource utilization value for the first candidate interface and a second resource utilization value for the second candidate interface; and

select, based on a comparison between the first resource utilization value and the second resource utilization value, the first candidate interface as the selected interface.

7. The system of claim 1, comprising:

the data processing system to select the first candidate interface based on a category of the first action data structure and a type of the first candidate interface.

8. The system of claim 1, comprising:

the data processing system to select the first candidate interface based on an output type of the first action data structure corresponding to a type of the first candidate interface.

9. The system of claim 1, comprising the data processing system to:

receive a request to present the first action data structure via the second candidate interface;

determine to override the request; and

select the first candidate interface to present the first action data structure responsive to the determination to override the request.

10. The system of claim 1, comprising:

the data processing system to select the one or more content items via a real-time content selection process.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more action data structures includes the first action data structure and a second action data structure, comprising:

the data processing system to select a second computing device comprising the second candidate interface to present the second action data structure.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more action data structures comprises a second action data structure, comprising the data processing system to:

determine a second content item for the second action data structure; and

select the second candidate interface provided via a second candidate device to present the second content item.

13. A method transmitting data in a voice activated data packet based computer network environment, comprising:

receiving, by a data processing system comprising one or more processors, data packets comprising an input audio signal detected by a sensor of a computing device;

parsing, by the data processing system, the input audio signal to identify a request and a keyword corresponding to the request;

generating, by the data processing system based on at least one of the request and the keyword, one or more action data structures;

selecting, by the data processing system based on at least one of the request and the keyword, one or more content items;

identifying, by the data processing system, a first candidate interface and a second candidate interface associated with the computing device;

selecting, by the data processing system, based on a characteristic associated with the first candidate interface and the second candidate interface, the first candidate interface as a selected interface to present a first action data structure of the one or more action data structures and a first content item of the one or more content items;

providing, by the data processing system, the first action data structure and the first content item for delivery in a modality compatible with the selected interface selected based on the characteristic; and

transmitting, by the data processing system, the first action data structure and the first content item in the modality to deliver the first content item for presentation via the selected interface.

14. The method of claim 13, comprising:

identifying the first candidate interface and the second candidate interface located within a threshold distance of the computing device.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the first candidate interface, the second candidate interface, and the computing device are linked with an account, comprising:

identifying the first candidate interface and the second candidate interface based on the first candidate interface and the second candidate interface being linked with the account.

16. The method of claim 13, comprising:

polling a plurality of interfaces linked to an account of the computing device to identify a plurality of available interfaces, wherein the plurality of available interfaces comprises the first candidate interface and the second candidate interface.

17. The method of claim 13, comprising:

identifying a first characteristic associated with the first candidate interface, and a second characteristic associated with the second candidate interface; and

selecting the first candidate interface based on the first characteristic.

18. The method of claim 13, comprising:

determining a first resource utilization value for the first candidate interface and a second resource utilization value for the second candidate interface; and

selecting, based on a comparison between the first resource utilization value and the second resource utilization value, the first candidate interface as the selected interface.

19. The method of claim 13, comprising:

selecting the first candidate interface based on a category of the first action data structure and a type of the first candidate interface.

20. The method of claim 13, comprising:

selecting the first candidate interface based on an output type of the first action data structure corresponding to a type of the first candidate interface.