ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,490, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).
"Remote initiation of commands for user devices" was invented by David Thomas Harper (Santa Cruz, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure describes, in part, techniques for improving the integration of voice-interaction experiences to mobile devices, and improving user experience when interacting with mobile devices that provide voice-interaction experiences. A remote system may detect an event that indicates that a mobile device is to perform an action. The remote system may determine the mobile device is not connected to the remote system, a...