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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2017
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Someshwaran Elangovan, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Aparna Nandyal, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Venkatesh Kancharla, Chennai, IN;
Arun Rajendran, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Sumedha Arvind Kshirsagar, Seattle, WA (US);
Christopher Geiger Parker, Seattle, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for performing contact resolution are described herein. When initiating a communications session using a voice activated electronic device, a contact name may be resolved to determine an appropriate contact with which the communications session may be directed to. Contacts from an individual's contact list may be queried to determine a listing of probable contacts associated with the contact name, and contact identifiers associated with the contact may be determined. Using one or more rules for disambiguating between similar contact names, a single contact may be identified, and a communications session with that contact may be initiated.