Voice Parameter Assignment for Location-Aware Voice Capture
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing voice-capturing devices lack efficient methods for configuring parameters without graphical user interfaces or geolocation capabilities, leading to difficulties in deploying devices to specific locations and accessing location-dependent services.
Innovation Solution
Voice-based parameter assignment techniques allow devices to set configuration parameters, such as location, using voice input analysis and cloud-based services to disambiguate and verify user-supplied values, enabling deployment and access to location-dependent skills without graphical interfaces or GPS.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If voice-capturing devices are deployed without graphical user interfaces or geolocation capabilities, then device simplicity and accessibility are improved, but the ability to configure parameters and determine location is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a cloud-based service as an intermediary between the voice-capturing device and the configuration process. The device captures voice input and sends it to the service, which analyzes the voice data, determines device parameters including location, and returns the configured settings. This mediator approach allows simple devices without graphical interfaces to achieve complex configuration capabilities through voice commands alone.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical or visual configuration interfaces (graphical user interfaces, physical buttons, GPS hardware) with an acoustic-based system. Voice capture and analysis substitute for touchscreen interactions and geolocation hardware, enabling devices to be configured and located purely through voice commands processed by cloud-based speech recognition and natural language understanding systems.
2Productivity
If voice-based parameter assignment is implemented, then ease of device deployment is improved, but the complexity of voice input analysis is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complex voice analysis and parameter interpretation functions from the device itself and places them in a cloud-based service environment. The device only performs the simple function of capturing and transmitting voice input, while the sophisticated speech recognition, natural language understanding, and parameter determination are performed remotely by the service provider's infrastructure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary action by having the cloud-based service pre-process and analyze voice inputs in real-time, preparing device configuration parameters before the device needs them. The service maintains readiness to interpret voice commands and determine parameters such as location, device type, and user preferences, enabling rapid deployment without requiring complex local processing on the device.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for voice-based parameter assignment for voice-capturing devices are disclosed. Voice input from a voice-capturing device is received over one or more networks at a service provider environment comprising one or more services. The services implement voice input analysis and device management. Using the voice input analysis, analysis of the voice input is performed to determine that the voice input represents a value for a configuration parameter. The value is descriptive of the device. An association between the voice-capturing device and the value for the configuration parameter is stored using the device management. The value affects one or more actions taken by the service provider environment responsive to further voice input from the voice-capturing device.