Configuring a secondary device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11961390-B1
Application number	US-202017062285-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Oct 2, 2020
Priority date	Jun 26, 2018
Publication date	Apr 16, 2024
Grant date	Apr 16, 2024

Abstract

This disclosure describes systems and methods for using a primary device, communicatively coupled to a remote system, to configure or re-configure a secondary device in the same environment as the primary device. In some instances, the primary device may communicatively couple to the secondary device via a short-range wireless connection and to the remote system via a wireless area network (WAN), a wired connection, or the like. Thus, the primary device may act as an intermediary between the secondary device and the remote system for configuring the secondary device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
determining a current position of a physical member of a first device residing at a first location in an environment;
determining an updated position to which the physical member is to be moved while the first device remains at the first location in the environment;
generating computer-executable configuration data that, when executed by one or more processors of the first device, causes the first device to move the physical member to the updated position while the first device remains at the first location in the environment; and
sending the computer-executable configuration data to a second device in the environment, the second device to send the computer-executable configuration data to the first device to cause the first device to move the physical member of the first device to the updated position while the first device remains at the first location in the environment.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving audio data from at least one of the second device or a third device in the environment, the audio data representing user speech comprising a request associated with the first device; and analyzing the audio data to identify the request;
and wherein the generating the computer-executable configuration data comprises generating, based at least in part on identifying the request, the computer-executable configuration data that, when executed by the one or more processors of the first device, causes the first device to move the physical member to the updated position.

3. The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving audio data from at least one of the second device or a third device in the environment, the audio data representing user speech comprising a request associated with the first device and including identification data associated with the first device; and
analyzing the audio data to identify the request and the identification data.

4. The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, from at least one of the second device or a third device in the environment, identification data that identifies at least one of the first device or the second device;
determining, using the identification data, an account associated with at least one of the first device or the second device; and
determining, from the account, at least one characteristic associated with the environment;
and wherein the generating comprises generating the computer-executable configuration data based at least in part on the at least one characteristic.

5. The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving audio data from the second device, the audio data representing user speech comprising a request to pair the second device with the first device;
analyzing the audio data to identify the request to pair the second device with the first device; and
sending, to the second device, an instruction to cause the second device to detect the first device using a wireless network interface of the second device.

6. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the computer-executable configuration data comprises first computer-executable configuration data, and the method further comprises:
receiving, from at least one of the second device or a third device in the environment, second computer-executable configuration data indicative of a current configuration associated with the environment; and
wherein the generating the first computer-executable configuration data comprises generating the first computer-executable configuration data based at least in part on the second computer-executable configuration data.

7. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the updated position comprises a first updated position, and the method further comprises:
detecting occurrence of a trigger event; and
at least partly in response to detecting occurrence of the trigger event:
determining a second updated position to which the physical member of the first device is to be moved;
generating second computer-executable configuration data that, when executed by the one or more processors of the first device, causes the first device to move the physical member of the first device to the second updated position; and
sending the second computer-executable configuration data to the second device, the second device to send the second computer-executable configuration data to the first device to cause the first device to move the physical member to the second updated position.

8. A system comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform actions comprising:
determining a current position of a physical member of a first device residing at a first location in an environment;
determining an updated position to which the physical member is to be moved while the first device remains at the first location in the environment;
generating computer-executable configuration data that, when executed by one or more processors of the first device, causes the first device to move the physical member to the updated position while the first device remains at the first location in the environment; and
sending the computer-executable configuration data to a second device in the environment, the second device to send the computer-executable configuration data to the first device to cause the first device to move the physical member of the first device to the updated position while the first device remains at the first location in the environment.

9. The system as recited in claim 8 , wherein the one or more computer-readable media further stores computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:
receiving audio data from at least one of the second device or a third device in the environment, the audio data representing user speech comprising a request associated with the first device; and
analyzing the audio data to identify the request;
and wherein the generating the computer-executable configuration data comprises generating, based at least in part on identifying the request, the computer-executable configuration data that, when executed by one or more processors of the first device, causes the first device to move the physical member to the updated position.

10. The system as recited in claim 8 , wherein the one or more computer-readable media further stores computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:
receiving audio data from at least one of the second device or a third device in the environment, the audio data representing user speech comprising a request associated with the first device and including identification data associated with the first device; and
analyzing the audio data to identify the request and the identification data.

11. The system as recited in claim 8 , wherein the one or more computer-readable media further stores computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:
receiving, from at least one of the second device or a third device in the environment, identification data that identifies at least one of the first device or the second device;
determining, using the identification data, an account associated with at least one of the first device or the second device; and
determining, from the account, at least one characteristic associated with the environment;
and wherein the generating comprises generating the computer-executable configuration data based at least

Assignees

• Amazon Tech Inc

Inventors

• Bell Joseph

Classifications

• G08C17/02 Primary

  using a radio link · CPC title

• G04C11/02

  by radio (time setting brought into action by radio G04C9/02) · CPC title

• G10L15/22

  Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue · CPC title

• H04W4/023

  using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds · CPC title

• G08C2201/31

  Voice input · CPC title