Voice Assistant App Synchronization for Connected Home Interoperability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing voice service platforms face challenges in enabling seamless connectivity and communication between diverse devices and services within a 'connected home' environment, as they are often configured to operate with different cloud-based platforms, leading to difficulties in true connectivity and interoperability.
Innovation Solution
A system and method where a setup agent on a smart device periodically scans the local network for cloud-based voice service platforms, detects their presence, and initiates the download or enables the installation of appropriate apps, synchronizing them with detected platforms, services, and appliances, using cloud-based services for authentication and coordination across devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a setup agent scans and detects cloud-based voice service platforms automatically, then app installation and synchronization are streamlined, but system complexity and resource consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The setup agent automatically performs platform detection, app download, installation, and synchronization without requiring user intervention. The system self-configures by listening for wake words, identifying present voice platforms, retrieving compatible apps from cloud services, and establishing connections autonomously. This eliminates manual setup steps while managing complexity through automated routines.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a cloud-based service intermediary that assists the setup agent by providing app catalogs, authentication mechanisms, and synchronization coordination. This external intermediary handles complex tasks like app availability checking and cross-device coordination, reducing the burden on the local device while enabling sophisticated automatic setup functionality.
2Adaptability or versatility
If apps are automatically downloaded and installed for detected voice platforms, then device connectivity is enhanced, but storage and processing resources are consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements selective app installation by first scanning for voice platforms and then downloading only the specific apps needed for those detected platforms. Rather than pre-installing all possible apps, the system performs partial action by installing only what is currently required, thereby enhancing connectivity for present devices while conserving storage resources for future needs.
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AI summary
Described are systems and methods for enabling voice interaction with appliances, services (e.g., media streaming services, gaming services, news feed services, social platform services, etc.), and the like by way of appropriate supplied apps (also referred to as “skills,”“actions,” or the like) which may be presented or downloaded to a smart device having associated therewith one or more cloud-based voice service platforms.