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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2019
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Shiladitya Roy, Bellevue, WA (US);
Bo Li, Kenmore, WA (US);
Vikram Kumar Gundeti, Bellevue, WA (US);
Eswara Jnana Swaroop Bhupathiraju, Bellevue, WA (US);
Nathan G. Leupold, Issaquah, WA (US);
Andrew S. Huntwork, Seattle, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Described herein is a system for enabling a user to multitask by allowing a user to pause or interrupt an on-going interaction with a skill. The system monitors a state of a skill session, and updates the state to allow the user or system to suspend the session. The user may provide an instruction to pause an active session, causing the system to place the session in a suspended state. The user may then provide an instruction to resume the suspended session, causing the system to place the session in an active state. In other cases, the user input may be a request during an active session that requires invoking another skill. The system may place the current session in a suspended state, and invoke a second skill session to monitor the interaction with a second skill. When the interaction with the second skill is completed, the system may resume the previous session by placing it in an active state.