Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Philip Alexander Lee

Rohan Mutagi

Vibhav Hemant Salgaonkar

Adam Barry Fineberg

Stanislaw Ignacy Pasko

Roger Robert Webster

Bo Li

Mark Aran Aiken

Olusanya Temitope Soyannwo

Makarand Damle

Nancy Yi Liang

Felix Xiaomeng Wu

Trevor James Walker

Sai Sailesh Kopuri

Andrew Thomas

Jason Fam

Nuno Henriques De Jesus

Chintan Gohil

Vibhu Gavini

A hub is configured to provide voice control without assistance from a remote system, which allows the hub to provide a user with the ability to control second devices in an environment by issuing voice commands, even when the hub is unable to communicate with the remote system over a wide area network (e.g., the Internet). The hub is also configured to execute rules without assistance from the remote system, which allows the hub to execute rules, even when the hub is unable to communicate with the remote system over a wide area network (e.g., the Internet).

Architecture for a hub configured to control a second device while a connection to a remote system is unavailable

This disclosure is directed to systems, methods, and devices related to providing the execution of multi-operation sequences based on a trigger occurring which may be a voice-controlled utterance or execution may be based on a trigger occurring and a condition occurring. In accordance with various principles disclosed herein, multi-operation sequences may be executed based on voice-controlled commands and the identification that a trigger has occurred. The voice-controlled electronic devices can be configured to communicate with, and to directly control the operation of, a wide array of other devices. These devices can include, without limitation, outlets that can be turned ON and OFF remotely such that anything plugged into them can be controlled, turning lights ON and OFF, setting the temperature of a network accessible thermostat, etc.

System and methods for triggering sequences of operations based on voice commands

Techniques for decoupling data, sent by a data source, from how the data is sent to a user by a system are described. A system may include an application program interface (API) that enables a data source to simply provide data. The system may determine whether and how to send the data to a user(s) as a notification. The system may determine a modality by which to send the notification to the user. The system may use presence data to determine which device should be used to output the notification to the user. The system may cause the device to output the notification to the user using the modality.

Sending information to users

Systems, methods, and devices for dynamically authenticating a user are disclosed. A speech-controlled device captures a spoken command, and sends audio data corresponding thereto to a server. The server determines the audio data includes a spoken command to receive content, and therefrom determines a source storing the content. The server also determines threshold user authentication confidence score data associated with the content source. Based at least in part on the threshold user authentication confidence score data, the server determines a user authentication technique, and a device configured to capture user authentication data. The server determines user authentication confidence score data using user authentication data received from the device, and determines weighted user authentication confidence score data therefrom. If the weighted user authentication confidence score data satisfies the threshold user authentication confidence score data, the server receives the requested content from the content source.

Dynamic user authentication

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