ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,243,530, issued on March 4, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).
"Multiple skills processing" was invented by Rohin Dabas (Kirkland, Wash.), Troy Dean Schuring (Maple Valley, Wash.), Rashmi Tonge (Bellevue, Wash.), Michael James Montgomery (Seattle), Kevindra Pal Singh (Seattle), Adam Baran (Redmond, Wash.), David Thomas (Woodinville, Wash.) and Nnenna Eleanya Okwara (Seattle).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a system for enabling a user to perform complex goals using multiple skills/applications of an intelligent assistant device. Skills may register as consumers of an action or providers of an action, an...