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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
May. 26, 2017
Applicant:
Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Jamie Alders, Dover, MA (US);
Zukui Song, Wellesley, MA (US);
Shiufun Cheung, Lexington, MA (US);
Eric J. Freeman, Sutton, MA (US);
Assignee:
BOSE CORPORATION, Framingham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/28 (2006.01); G10L 15/18 (2013.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 16/9032 (2019.01); G10L 21/0364 (2013.01); G10L 13/033 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/28 (2013.01); G06F 16/90332 (2019.01); G10L 13/033 (2013.01); G10L 15/1822 (2013.01); G10L 21/0364 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01); G10L 2015/226 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of operating a situationally aware speaker associated with a virtual personal assistant (VPA) service provider that comprises receiving an indication of at least one parameter of an environment proximate the situationally aware speaker, and delivering the response to the vocal query to the user formatted as speech through an audio output of the situationally aware speaker, at least one audio parameter of the response set based on the indication of the at least one parameter.