US 12,169,624 B2
Voice-based device operation mode management
Kynan Dylan Antos, Seattle, WA (US); Jenny Toi Wah Lam, Bainbridge Island, WA (US); Mark Yoshitake, Palo Alto, CA (US); Ankur Narendra Bhai Vachhani, San Jose, CA (US); Blade Imsande McRae, Seattle, WA (US); Robert Williams, San Francisco, CA (US); James Martin Conway, Pleasanton, CA (US); Nedim Fresko, Seattle, WA (US); Michael Wendling, Woodside, CA (US); and Mustafa Husain, Sammamish, WA (US)
Assigned to Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Oct. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/483,830.
Application 18/483,830 is a continuation of application No. 17/106,530, filed on Nov. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,822,770.
Application 17/106,530 is a continuation of application No. 15/921,233, filed on Mar. 14, 2018, granted, now 10,877,637, issued on Dec. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0036712 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); G06F 3/04883 (2022.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G10L 15/08 (2006.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0484 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G10L 15/08 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 2015/088 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
determining, by one or more computer processors coupled to memory, that a device is coupled to a charging device;
determining that the device is in a predetermined first orientation;
activating, based on the device being coupled to the charger and in the first orientation, a first operation mode of the device, wherein the first operation mode includes a locked state in which limited information associated with an application executing on the device is accessible and a listening state for receiving user input data;
presenting, by the device in the first operation mode, a first portion of the limited information associated with the application;
receiving first input data indicative of a request for a second portion of the limited information associated with the application;
authorizing access to the second portion of the limited information associated with the application based on voice identification of a user using the first input data; and
presenting at least the second portion of the limited information associated with the application on a display of the device while in the locked state.