Device configuration usage optimization

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12437757-B1
Application number	US-202217854520-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Jun 30, 2022
Priority date	Jun 30, 2022
Publication date	Oct 7, 2025
Grant date	Oct 7, 2025

Abstract

Systems and methods for device configuration usage optimization include identifying device configurations that are likely to result in device usage cessation within a predetermined period of time. When device usage cessation is determined to be likely, alternative device configurations are determined that are likely to increase the chances of device usage. One or more recommendations for the alternative device configurations may be sent to user devices, and when accepted, devices may be reconfigured, device functionalities may be enabled, and/or additional devices may be acquired.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
one or more processors; and
non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
determining characteristics of a first type of smart home device configuration for a first device based at least in part on a device type of the first device and a naming indicator of the first device;
storing, in association with user account data, first data indicating the first type of smart home device configuration for the first device;
receiving second data indicating how the first device is currently being utilized;
predicting, from the device type of the first device, the naming indicator of the first device, and how the first device is currently being utilized, that the first type of smart home device configuration for the first device is likely to result in usage of the first device lapsing within a predefined period of time;
determining third data indicating a second type of smart home device configuration for the first device that is predicted to result in the usage of the first device during the predefined period of time, wherein the first type of smart home device configuration is associated with first smart home functionality and the second type of smart home device configuration is associated with second smart home functionality that differs at least in part from the first smart home functionality;
generating fourth data representing a recommendation to transition the first device from the first type of smart home device configuration to the second type of smart home device configuration;
sending, prior to the usage of the first device lapsing, the fourth data to a second device associated with the user account data, the fourth data causing the recommendation to be output by the second device; and
in response to receiving first user input data accepting the recommendation, storing fifth data in association with the user account data, the fifth data indicating that the first device is associated with the second type of smart home device configuration instead of the first type of smart home device configuration.

2. The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:
determining, from the second data, a number of times that an action is performed by the first device in response to user input;
determining, from the second data, a time of day that the first device has been used;
generating sixth data indicating association of the user account data with voice-controllable devices other than the first device; and
wherein predicting that the first type of smart home device configuration is likely to result in the usage of the first device lapsing within the predefined period of time is performed utilizing:
the number of times;
the time of day; and
the sixth data.

3. The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:
receiving audio data representing speech input provided to the second device;
determining an action to perform utilizing the audio data;
determining, from second user input data, that the action differed from a requested action from the speech input;
generating sixth data indicating unpreferred actions performed by the second device in association with the user account data, the sixth data including an indicator of the action being the unpreferred action; and
wherein predicting that the first type of smart home device configuration is likely to result in the usage of the first device lapsing within the predefined period of time is performed utilizing the sixth data.

4. The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:
determining, from the user account data, the first smart home functionality of the first device that has been enabled;
determining the second smart home functionality associated with the second type of smart home device configuration;
determining that the second smart home functionality of the first device has yet to be enabled;
determining, from the second smart home functionality being associated with the second type of smart home device configuration, to include an indicator of the second smart home functionality being available to be enabled in the recommendation; and
in response to receiving the first user input data accepting the recommendation, causing the second smart home functionality to be enabled in association with the user account data.

5. A method, comprising:
determining characteristics of a first type of smart home device configuration for a first device based at least in part on a device type of the first device and a naming indicator of the first device;
predicting, based at least in part on the characteristics of the first type of smart home device configuration for the first device, first data including usage data for the first device, the device type of the first device, and the naming indicator of the first device, that the first type of smart home device configuration for the first device is likely to result in usage of the first device lapsing during a future period of time;
determining second data indicating a second type of smart home device configuration for the first device indicated to result in the usage of the first device during the future period of time, wherein the first type of smart home device configuration is associated with first smart home functionality and the second type of smart home device configuration is associated with second smart home functionality that differs at least in part from the first smart home functionality; and
sending third data representing a recommendation to transition the first device from being associated with the first type of smart home device configuration to being associated with the second type of smart home device configuration.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
determining a number of times that an action is performed by the first device in response to user input; and
determining a time of day that the action is performed by the first device;
wherein predicting that the first type of smart home device configuration for the first device is likely to result in usage of the first device lapsing is further based at least in part on the number of times that an action is performed by the first device in response to user input and the time of day that the action is performed by the first device.

7. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
determining fourth data indicating a number of actions performed by at least one of the first device or a second device that differed from a requested action associated with speech input; and
wherein predicting that the first type of smart home device configuration is likely to result in the usage of the first device lapsing comprises predicting that the first type of smart home device configuration is likely to result in the usage of the first device lapsing based at least in part on the fourth data.

8. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
determining the second smart home functionality that is yet to be enabled in associated with the first device;
determining that the second smart home functionality is associated with the second type of smart home device configuration of the first device, wherein the recommendation includes an indicator of the second smart home functionality; and
based at least in part on user input data accepting the recommendation, causing the second smart home functionality to be enabled in association with the first device.

9. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
receiving audio data representing speech input received at the first device;
determining, from fourth data indicating a context associated with th

Assignees

• Amazon Tech Inc

Inventors

• Eberhardt Sven
• Wang Maisie
• Gupta Akanksha
• Fink Ryan H
• Ghogale Kunal Pramod
• Kim Soyoung

Classifications

• G10L15/1822

  Parsing for meaning understanding · CPC title

• G10L2015/228

  of application context · CPC title

• G10L2015/223

  Execution procedure of a spoken command · CPC title

• G10L15/22 Primary

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

• G10L15/1815

  Semantic context, e.g. disambiguation of the recognition hypotheses based on word meaning · CPC title