Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Isolating a device, from multiple devices in an environment, for being responsive to spoken assistant invocation(s)
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Application No.: US16324286Application Date: 2017-12-08
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Publication No.: US11138972B2Publication Date: 2021-10-05
- Inventor: Vikram Aggarwal , Moises Morgenstern Gali
- Applicant: Google LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Middleton Reutlinger
- International Application: PCT/US2017/065359 WO 20171208
- International Announcement: WO2019/112614 WO 20190613
- Main IPC: G10L15/22
- IPC: G10L15/22 ; G06F3/14 ; G10L15/30 ; H04L29/08 ; H04W4/02 ; G10L15/26 ; H04L29/06

Abstract:
Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for isolating at least one device, from multiple devices in an environment, for being responsive to assistant invocations (e.g., spoken assistant invocations). A process for isolating a device can be initialized in response to a single instance of a spoken utterance, of a user, that is detected by multiple devices. One or more of the multiple devices can be caused to query the user regarding identifying a device to be isolated for receiving subsequent commands. The user can identify the device to be isolated by, for example, describing a unique identifier for the device. Unique identifiers can be generated by each device of the multiple devices and/or by a remote server device. The unique identifiers can be presented graphically and/or audibly to the user, and user interface input. Any device that is not identified can become temporarily unresponsive to certain commands, such as spoken invocation commands.
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