Voice Audio Message Extraction for Intent and Recipient Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing voice-controlled devices have limited functionality in performing tasks and are unable to efficiently extract and deliver audio messages based on user intent and intended recipients.

Innovation Solution

A system and method for capturing and analyzing audio data to determine the intent to send a message, identifying the intended recipient, and delivering the message payload to the target recipient, utilizing speech processing services and message management systems.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If voice-controlled devices analyze audio data to determine intent and deliver messages, then the functionality and versatility of the devices is improved, but the device complexity increases due to the need for speech processing services and message management systems

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovefunctionalityVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces speech processing services and message management systems as intermediary components that mediate between the voice-controlled device and the message delivery function. These intermediaries handle the complex tasks of audio data analysis, intent determination, and message routing, allowing the core device to maintain simplicity while gaining enhanced functionality through service-based architecture

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Productivity

If the system extracts and delivers audio messages based on user intent, then the productivity and efficiency of message delivery is improved, but the loss of time increases due to the multi-step process of capturing, analyzing, and delivering messages

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveefficiencyVSAvoidtime
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by capturing and analyzing audio data in advance to determine user intent before actual message delivery is needed. The speech processing services pre-process the audio streams, identify intents, and prepare message delivery parameters, enabling more efficient real-time message routing while the time loss is minimized through parallel processing of multiple audio streams

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS12536995B2Audio message extraction
Publication Date: 2026.01.27 AMAZON TECH INC
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AI summary

Audio data, corresponding to an utterance spoken by a person within a detection range of a voice communications device, can include an audio message portion. The audio data can be captured and analyzed to determine the intent to send a message. Based at least in part upon that intent, a remaining portion of the audio data can be analyzed to determine the intended message target or recipient, as well as the portion corresponding to the actual message payload. Once determined, the audio file can be trimmed to the message payload, and the message payload of the audio data can be delivered as an audio message to the target recipient.