Patent №
US 9,704,489
Granted
2017-07-11
Filed 2015
Owner
AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Lab
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AI components
1
speech
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
14947139
A portable acoustic unit is adapted for insertion into an electrical receptacle. The portable acoustic unit has an integrated microphone and a wireless network interface to an automation controller. The portable acoustic unit detects spoken voice commands from users in the vicinity of the electrical receptacle. The portable acoustic unit merely plugs into a conventional electrical outlet to provide an extremely simple means of voice control through a home or business.
AI classification
Ownership
AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
assignment · 371170863
Assignors
HAIDER, NAFIZ, NEWMAN, ROSS, PATTERSON, KRISTIN, RISLEY, THOMAS, STEPHENSON, CURTIS, VAUGHT, DAVID
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.