Amazon patents voice assistant that picks the best time to leave for work
Amazon has been granted a patent for a system where a virtual assistant suggests the best time for a user to start a trip. It works by checking the user's calendar and current traffic conditions to calculate when they should leave to arrive on time. The assistant can also suggest other tasks or notify other people about the user's departure.
In the filing’s own words
Technologies are disclosed for interacting with a virtual assistant to coordinate, recommend and perform actions. According to some examples, a user may use their voice to interact with a virtual assistant to receive recommendations relating to determining when to perform one or more actions. For example, a user may interact with a virtual assistant to request a recommendation as to when they should leave for the office, leave the office for the day, perform a task, and the like. The recommendation system accesses selected data sources (e.g., calendars, task lists, traffic, transportation schedules, maps,...) to obtain data used in generating the recommendation. In addition, to providing a recommended time, the virtual assistant may also recommend actions to perform. The virtual assistant may also provide notifications to one or more other users that includes information relating to the user leaving.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method comprising: accessing calendar data associated with a user, the calendar data indicating one or more times during which the user is available to travel to a destination; accessing traffic data indicating traffic between a current location of the user and the destination; determining, based at least in part on the calendar data and the traffic data, a recommended time to begin travel to the destination; and outputting the recommended time to begin travel to the destination.
Facts
- Company
- Amazon (Amazon Technologies, Inc.)
- Official title
- Interacting with a virtual assistant to coordinate and perform actions
- Patent number
- US12770620B1
- Application number
- 18771301
- Filed
- Jul 12, 2024
- Granted
- Oct 20, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G10L 15/22 Physics & computingG06N 5/04 Physics & computingG06N 20/00 Physics & computingG10L 15/1815 Physics & computingG10L 2015/223 Physics & computingMore from Amazon in AI & software
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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