Prior art

To identify the most relevant prior art for US patent 10311707B2, I will use the Google Patents data, which includes citations. The patent text itself lists "Prior art keywords" as "caregiver, responding, alarm, response, resident" and "Prior art date" as "2012-09-12."

Here are the patent citations listed under "Cited By" in US10311707B2, along with their details and potential anticipation relevance:

1. US11363999B2

• Full Citation: US11363999B2 - Voice controlled assistance for monitoring adverse events of a user and/or coordinating emergency actions such as caregiver communication
• Publication Date: 2022-06-21
• Filing Date: 2017-05-09
• Brief Description: This patent describes voice-controlled assistance for monitoring adverse events of a user and coordinating emergency actions, including caregiver communication.
• Potential Anticipation (35 U.S.C. § 102): This patent was published after US10311707B2's priority date (2012-09-12) and filing date (2016-10-20). Therefore, it cannot anticipate US10311707B2. It is likely a later development or related work in the same field.

2. US11404062B1

• Full Citation: US11404062B1 - Systems and methods for managing voice environments and voice routines
• Publication Date: 2022-08-02
• Filing Date: 2021-07-26
• Brief Description: This patent describes systems and methods for managing voice environments and voice routines.
• Potential Anticipation (35 U.S.C. § 102): This patent was published after US10311707B2's priority date (2012-09-12) and filing date (2016-10-20). Therefore, it cannot anticipate US10311707B2. It is likely a later development or related work in the same field.

3. US11410655B1

• Full Citation: US11410655B1 - Systems and methods for managing voice environments and voice routines
• Publication Date: 2022-08-09
• Filing Date: 2021-07-26
• Brief Description: This patent describes systems and methods for managing voice environments and voice routines.
• Potential Anticipation (35 U.S.C. § 102): This patent was published after US10311707B2's priority date (2012-09-12) and filing date (2016-10-20). Therefore, it cannot anticipate US10311707B2. It is likely a later development or related work in the same field.

Analysis of "Families Citing this family"

The "Families Citing this family" section usually refers to patents that cite US10311707B2 or other patents in its family. These are generally not prior art. Prior art predates the patent in question. The citations listed above are those by other patents, not of other patents within 10311707B2. The prior art cited by US10311707B2 would be found in the "Prior art documents" or "Referenced by" sections of its Google Patents page, which are not explicitly provided in the initial prompt.

Given the information available, the provided "Cited By" references are all later in time than US10311707B2's priority date. Therefore, they do not serve as prior art under 35 U.S.C. § 102 for anticipation. To find actual prior art, one would typically look at documents cited within the US10311707B2 patent itself or perform a broader search using the keywords. The prompt only asked to look at patent citations for 10311707B2, which Google Patents interprets as patents that cite 10311707B2. If you would like me to search for prior art cited by US10311707B2, please let me know.