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Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 15, 2014
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventor:

Ashvin Kannan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/167 (2013.01); H04L 65/1069 (2013.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.02); H04L 65/403 (2013.01);
Abstract

A machine may be configured to generate and provide, for example, a voice-user interface to a social networking service. The voice-user interface may enable a member of the social networking service to access member profile information for other members of the social networking service. Using the voice-user interface, a first member of the social networking service can speak a natural language command or request to receive an aural response that includes information regarding a second member of the social networking service. In this manner, the first member can request and receive specific member profile information of a second member. In another aspect, the first member can record audio notes to be assigned to his or her own member profile or assigned to a member profile of the second member. The first member may subsequently use the voice-user interface to have such audio notes played back when desired.


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