CONNECTED DEVICE VOICE COMMAND SUPPORT

• US 20160179462A1
• Filed: 12/22/2014
• Published: 06/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Bjorkengren, Ulf
• Granted Patent: US 9,811,312 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command

Abstract

Systems and techniques for connected device voice command support are described herein. A voice command may be received from a user. A set of connected devices proximate to the user may be identified. The voice command may be transformed into a command for the set of connected devices. The command may be communicated to the set of connected devices.

Claims

1. A device for connected device voice command support, the device comprising:

a microphone to receive a voice command from a user;

a device discovery circuit set to identify a set of connected devices proximate to the user;

a speech converter to transform the voice command into a command for the set of connected devices; and

a transceiver to communicate the command to the set of connected devices.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein to identify the set of connected devices includes the device discovery circuit set to:

receive a discovery request from the user;

broadcast a discovery message; and

receive device identifications for a group of connected devices in response to the discovery message;

3. The device of claim 2, wherein to identify the set of connected devices includes the device discovery circuit set to:

present the device identifications for the group of connected devices to the user; and

add members from the group of connected devices to the set of connected devices in response to user selections made in response to the presentation.

4. The device of claim 2, wherein the broadcast is received by a connected device registry, and wherein the device identifications are received from the connected device registry.

5. The device of claim 2, wherein the device identifications are derived from a user defined translation of a device characterization.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the voice command includes a connected device characterization, and wherein to identify the set of connected devices includes the device discovery circuit set to:

filter a superset of connected devices using the connected device characterization.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein to communicate the command to the set of connected devices includes the transceiver to:

transmit the command to the set of connected devices;

receive responses to the transmission of the command from a subset of the set of connected devices indicating that the command matches a supported command of the subset of connected devices; and

respond to the subset of connected devices to carry out the command.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein to respond to the subset of connected devices includes the transceiver to:

identify conflicts between a plurality of the subset of connected devices based on the command;

present the conflicts to the user; and

restrict the response to carry out the command to a connected device selected by the user in response to the presentation of the conflicts.

9. A method for connected device voice command support, the method comprising:

receiving a voice command from a user;

identifying a set of connected devices proximate to the user;

transforming the voice command into a command for the set of connected devices; and

communicating the command to the set of connected devices.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein identifying the set of connected devices includes:

receiving a discovery request from the user;

broadcasting a discovery message; and

receiving device identifications for a group of connected devices in response to the discovery message;

11. The method of claim 10, wherein identifying the set of connected devices includes:

presenting the device identifications for the group of connected devices to the user; and

adding members from the group of connected devices to the set of connected devices in response to user selections made in response to the presentation.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the broadcast is received by a connected device registry, and wherein the device identifications are received from the connected device registry.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the device identifications are derived from a user defined translation of a device characterization.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the voice command includes a connected device characterization, and wherein identifying the set of connected devices includes filtering a superset of connected devices using the connected device characterization.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein communicating the command to the set of connected devices includes:

transmitting the command to the set of connected devices;

receiving responses to the transmission of the command from a subset of the set of connected devices indicating that the command matches a supported command of the subset of connected devices; and

responding to the subset of connected devices to carry out the command.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein responding to the subset of connected devices includes:

identifying conflicts between a plurality of the subset of connected devices based on the command;

presenting the conflicts to the user; and

restricting the response to carry out the command to a connected device selected by the user in response to the presentation of the conflicts.

17. At least one machine readable medium including instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations for connected device voice command support, the operations comprising:

receiving a voice command from a user;

identifying a set of connected devices proximate to the user;

transforming the voice command into a command for the set of connected devices; and

communicating the command to the set of connected devices.

18. The at least one machine readable medium of claim 17, wherein identifying the set of connected devices includes:

receiving a discovery request from the user;

broadcasting a discovery message; and

receiving device identifications for a group of connected devices in response to the discovery message;

19. The at least one machine readable medium of claim 18, wherein identifying the set of connected devices includes:

presenting the device identifications for the group of connected devices to the user; and

adding members from the group of connected devices to the set of connected devices in response to user selections made in response to the presentation.

20. The at least one machine readable medium of claim 18, wherein the broadcast is received by a connected device registry, and wherein the device identifications are received from the connected device registry.

21. The at least one machine readable medium of claim 18, wherein the device identifications are derived from a user defined translation of a device characterization.

22. The at least one machine readable medium of claim 17, wherein the voice command includes a connected device characterization, and wherein identifying the set of connected devices includes filtering a superset of connected devices using the connected device characterization.

23. The at least one machine readable medium of claim 17, wherein communicating the command to the set of connected devices includes:

transmitting the command to the set of connected devices;

receiving responses to the transmission of the command from a subset of the set of connected devices indicating that the command matches a supported command of the subset of connected devices; and

responding to the subset of connected devices to carry out the command.

24. The at least one machine readable medium of claim 23, wherein responding to the subset of connected devices includes:

identifying conflicts between a plurality of the subset of connected devices based on the command;

presenting the conflicts to the user; and

restricting the response to carry out the command to a connected device selected by the user in response to the presentation of the conflicts.