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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
May. 20, 2014
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Ty Loren Carlson, Redmond, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A speech-based system utilizes a speech interface device located in the home of a user. The system may interact with different users based on different user profiles. The system may include messaging services that generate and/or provide messages to the user through the speech interface device. The speech interface device may have indicators that are capable of being illuminated in different colors. To notify a user regarding the currently active user profile, each user profile is associated with a different color and the color of the active profile is displayed on the speech interface device when the user is interacting with the system. To notify the user regarding awaiting messages, different types of messages are associated with different colors and the colors of the message types of waiting messages are displayed on the speech interface whenever the user is not interacting with the system.