Voice-Activated Selective Memory for Cloud Voice Data

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Solution Overview

Problem

As distributed systems grow in scale and complexity, managing voice input data from diverse devices such as smart speakers and IoT devices becomes challenging, particularly in ensuring user control over data storage and deletion in cloud-based service provider environments.

Innovation Solution

Implementing voice-activated selective memory systems that allow users to delete representations of voice input and undo associated actions through additional voice commands, using a service provider environment with voice input analysis and deletion functionality, and applying rules based on tags for secure and efficient data management.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If voice input data is stored in cloud-based service provider environments, then accessibility and functionality for diverse devices are improved, but user control over data storage and deletion becomes more challenging

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccessibility for diverse devicesVSAvoiduser control over data storage and deletion
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables users to directly control their voice data through voice commands. Users can say commands like 'delete that' or 'forget that' to immediately remove their own voice data from cloud storage, making the system serve user needs autonomously without requiring manual interface interactions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system provides feedback to users about what data is stored and what can be deleted. When users issue deletion commands, the system processes and executes them, providing immediate feedback that enhances user control and transparency over their voice data in the cloud environment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Adaptability or versatility

If comprehensive voice data storage is implemented, then service functionality is improved, but data management complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice functionalityVSAvoiddata management complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts and removes specific voice data from the cloud storage based on user deletion commands. By selectively removing data rather than managing comprehensive storage manually, the system simplifies data management while maintaining service functionality for essential voice capture and processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The data management system is segmented into distinct functional components: voice capture, data storage, deletion processing, and confirmation. This segmentation allows each component to handle specific tasks independently, reducing overall system complexity while supporting comprehensive voice data management capabilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Object-affected harmful factors

If voice data deletion functionality is added, then user privacy control is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser privacy controlVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The deletion functionality operates through simple voice commands that users can issue directly. The system processes these commands by identifying the relevant voice data in cloud storage and removing it, providing privacy control without requiring complex user interfaces or manual data management processes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses an intermediary processing layer between the user's voice command and the actual data deletion in cloud storage. This intermediary component handles the complexity of locating, identifying, and removing the appropriate data, shielding users from the underlying system complexity while maintaining effective privacy control.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS11682382B2Voice-activated selective memory for voice-capturing devices
Publication Date: 2023.06.20 AMAZON TECH INC
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AI summary

Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for voice-activated selective memory for voice-capturing devices are disclosed. A first voice input from a voice-capturing device is received, via a network, at a service provider environment comprising one or more services. The first voice input comprises one or more utterances from a user of the voice-capturing device. A representation of the first voice input is stored. A second voice input from the voice-capturing device is received, via the network, at the service provider environment. The second voice input represents a command to disregard the first voice input. Based on the second voice input, the representation of the first voice input is deleted.