Technologies for conversational interfaces for system control

Abstract

Technologies for conversational control of a home automation system include a computing device in communication with one or more home automation devices. The computing device receives text input indicative of a spoken user request including one or more parameters associated with a home automation command. The computing device matches the text input against a home automation language model including several predefined dialog patterns. The computing device resolves parameters of the command using a context model. The computing device may resolve the location, device, or requested device state of the command. The computing device generates a text response and a home automation command using the language model, and then presents the text response to the user and performs the home automation command using the home automation devices. In some embodiments, the computing device may control an application automation system or a data exploration system. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

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         21 . A consumer electronic device for user voice command-related processing for multiple users, the user voice command-related processing being associated with control of one or more home automation devices, the consumer electronic device also being usable with one or more servers, the consumer electronic device comprising:
 audio sensor circuitry to generate, when the consumer electronic device is in operation, audio signal data for use in detecting voice commands by the multiple users, the audio signal data to be used to generate respective text associated with respective of the multiple users, the respective text being indicative of the voice commands, the voice commands including one or more voice commands by one or more of the multiple users, the respective text including certain text indicative of the one or more voice commands;   processor circuitry for use in updating, at least in part, when the consumer electronic device is in the operation, particularized speech pattern modeling data associated with the multiple users to accommodate individualized respective speech patterns of the multiple users, the particularized speech pattern modeling data to be used in speech pattern matching operations associated with the multiple users;   audio output circuitry to generate one or more synthesized speech responses related to the one or more voice commands;   communication circuitry for use, when the consumer electronic device is in the operation, in communicating with the one or more home automation devices and/or the one or more servers;   wherein:
 the certain text includes one or more parameters associated with one or more control commands for the one or more home automation devices; 
 the certain text is to be matched against dialog patterns to identify a matching pattern; 
 the matching pattern is associated with the one or more control commands; and 
 the one or more control commands, when executed by the one or more home automation devices, result in one or more changes to:
 one or more settings of the one or more home automation devices; and/or 
 one or more activation states of the one or more home automation devices. 
 
   
     
     
         22 . The consumer electronic device of  claim 21 , wherein:
 the one or more servers are to:
 generate the certain text; 
 match the certain text against the dialog patterns to identify the matching pattern; and 
 generate the one or more control commands. 
   
     
     
         23 . The consumer electronic device of  claim 21 , wherein:
 the voice commands are to be gated based upon control word detection.   
     
     
         24 . The consumer electronic device of  claim 21 , wherein:
 the consumer electronic device comprises:
 a cellular telephone; and 
 a display screen for use in displaying, when the consumer electronic device is in the operation, text response related to the one or more voice commands; 
   the communication circuitry is for use, when the consumer electronic device is in the operation, in wireless communication; and   the wireless communication comprises:
 WiFi communication; 
 Bluetooth communication; 
 Zigbee communication; and/or 
 Zwave communication. 
   
     
     
         25 . A consumer electronic device for user voice command-related processing for multiple users, the user voice command-related processing being associated with control of one or more home automation devices, the consumer electronic device also being usable with one or more servers, the consumer electronic device comprising:
 audio sensor means for generating, when the consumer electronic device is in operation, audio signal data for use in detecting voice commands by the multiple users, the audio signal data to be used to generate respective text associated with respective of the multiple users, the respective text being indicative of the voice commands, the voice commands including one or more voice commands by one or more of the multiple users, the respective text including certain text indicative of the one or more voice commands;   processor means for updating, at least in part, when the consumer electronic device is in the operation, particularized speech pattern modeling data associated with the multiple users to accommodate individualized respective speech patterns of the multiple users, the particularized speech pattern modeling data to be used in speech pattern matching operations associated with the multiple users;   audio output means for generating one or more synthesized speech responses related to the one or more voice commands;   communication means for communicating, when the consumer electronic device is in the operation, with the one or more home automation devices and/or the one or more servers;   wherein:
 the certain text includes one or more parameters associated with one or more control commands for the one or more home automation devices; 
 the certain text is to be matched against dialog patterns to identify a matching pattern; 
 the matching pattern is associated with the one or more control commands; and 
 the one or more control commands, when executed by the one or more home automation devices, result in one or more changes to:
 one or more settings of the one or more home automation devices; and/or 
 one or more activation states of the one or more home automation devices. 
 
   
     
     
         26 . The consumer electronic device of  claim 25 , wherein:
 the one or more servers are to:
 generate the certain text; 
 match the certain text against the dialog patterns to identify the matching pattern; and 
 generate the one or more control commands. 
   
     
     
         27 . The consumer electronic device of  claim 25 , wherein:
 the voice commands are to be gated based upon control word detection.   
     
     
         28 . The consumer electronic device of  claim 25 , wherein:
 the consumer electronic device comprises:
 a cellular telephone; and 
 display means for use in displaying, when the consumer electronic device is in the operation, text response related to the one or more voice commands; 
   the communication means is for use, when the consumer electronic device is in the operation, in wireless communication; and   the wireless communication comprises:
 WiFi communication; 
 Bluetooth communication; 
 Zigbee communication; and/or 
 Zwave communication. 
   
     
     
         29 . One or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media storing instructions for being executed by a consumer electronic device, the consumer electronic device being for user voice command-related processing for multiple users, the user voice command-related processing being associated with control of one or more home automation devices, the consumer electronic device also being usable with one or more servers, the instructions when executed by the consumer electronic device resulting in the consumer electronic device being configured for performance of operations comprising:
 generating, by audio sensor circuitry of the consumer electronic device, audio signal data for use in detecting voice commands by the multiple users, the audio signal data to be used to generate respective text associated with respective of the multiple users, the respective text being indicative of the voice commands, the voice commands including one or more voice commands by one or more of the multiple users, the respective text including certain text indicative of the one or more voice commands;   updating, at least in part, by processor circuitry of the consumer electronic device, particularized speech pattern modeling data associated with the multiple users to accommodate individualized respective speech patterns of the multiple users, the particularized speech pattern modeling data to be used in speech pattern matching operations associated with the multiple users;   generating, by audio output circuitry of the consumer electronic device, one or more synthesized speech responses related to the one or more voice commands;   communicating, via communication circuitry of the consumer electronic device, with the one or more home automation devices and/or the one or more servers;   wherein:
 the certain text includes one or more parameters associated with one or more control commands for the one or more home automation devices; 
 the certain text is to be matched against dialog patterns to identify a matching pattern; 
 the matching pattern is associated with the one or more control commands; and 
 the one or more control commands, when executed by the one or more home automation devices, result in one or more changes to:
 one or more settings of the one or more home automation devices; and/or 
 one or more activation states of the one or more home automation devices. 
 
   
     
     
         30 . The one or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media of  claim 29 , wherein:
 the one or more servers are to:
 generate the certain text; 
 match the certain text against the dialog patterns to identify the matching pattern; and 
 generate the one or more control commands. 
   
     
     
         31 . The one or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media of  claim 29 , wherein:
 the voice commands are to be gated based upon control word detection.   
     
     
         32 . The one or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media of  claim 29 , wherein:
 the consumer electronic device comprises:
 a cellular telephone; and 
 a display screen for use in displaying, when the consumer electronic device is in operation, text response related to the one or more voice commands; 
   the communication circuitry is for use, when the consumer electronic device is in the operation, in wireless communication; and   the wireless communication comprises:
 WiFi communication; 
 Bluetooth communication; 
 Zigbee communication; and/or 
 Zwave communication.