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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2017
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Suma SaganeGowda, Redmond, WA (US);
Louis Amadio, Sammamish, WA (US);
Artem Zhurid, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 15/06 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 15/063 (2013.01); G10L 2015/0635 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01); G10L 2015/227 (2013.01); G10L 2015/228 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques for controlling a voice activated feature of a voice activated device are described. Data from one or more sensors and data indicative of a status of a user are received. Based on the analyzing the data, a proximity of the user relative to the location of the voice activated device is determined. One or more voice activated features of the voice activated device are enabled based at least in part on the determined proximity, one or more rules, and one or more user preferences.