US Patent Issued to Amazon Technologies on May 12 for "Voice communication targeting user interface" (California, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,625,596, issued on May 12, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).

"Voice communication targeting user interface" was invented by Blair Harold Beebe (Menlo Park, Calif.), Katherine Ann Baker (Kirkland, Wash.), David Michael Rowell (Snoqualmie, Wash.) and Peter Chin (Bellevue, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "User interfaces may enable users to initiate voice-communications with voice-controlled devices via a Wi-Fi network or other network via an Internet Protocol (IP) address. The user interfaces may include controls to enable users to initiate voice communications, such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) calls, with d...