Use of relative time of receipt of voice command as basis to control response to voice command
US12118997B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 16, 2023 |
| Grant date | Oct 15, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 16, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L2015/223
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and system for controlling response to a voice-command utterance. An example method includes a computing system that is associated with the first device carrying out operations upon the first device receiving the voice-command utterance. The operations include (a) making a determination of whether any of one or more second devices received the voice-command utterance before the first device received the voice-command utterance and (b) controlling whether the computing system will trigger an action in response to the first device receiving the voice-command utterance, with the controlling being based on the determination of whether any of the one or more second devices received the voice-command utterance before the first device received the voice-command utterance. In an example implementation, the action could be controlling operation of a control target such as one or more lights.
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