Voice assistant system, server apparatus, device, voice assistant method therefor, and program to be executed by computer

An apparatus comprising:

• a communication module for performing data communication with a plurality of devices through a network;
• a voice recognition module for voice-recognizing recorded data of a same user's speech received through the communication module and transmitted from each of the plurality of devices in accordance with a predetermined standard to thereby interpret a content of the user's speech;
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• a voice assistant module for:
• performing voice assistant according to the content of the user's speech interpreted in the voice recognition module;
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• selecting a device for outputting the voice assistant among the plurality of devices according to a predetermined priority, the predetermined priority determined based on analyzing different factors for each of the plurality of devices, the factors comprising a state where the device is in use or not in use, a type of an output unit used in the device, a distance between the device and a user, and performance of the output unit of the device, the server apparatus analyzing the different factors in the foregoing order.

A program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores code executable by a processor, the executable code comprising code to perform:

• a voice recognition process of voice-recognizing recorded data of a same user's speech received through a communication module and transmitted from each of a plurality of devices in accordance with a predetermined standard to thereby interpret a content of the user's speech;
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• a voice assistant process of:
• performing voice assistant according to the contents of the user's speech interpreted in the voice recognition process;
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• selecting a device for outputting the voice assistant among the plurality of devices according to a predetermined priority, the predetermined priority determined based on analyzing different factors for each of the plurality of devices, the factors comprising a state where the device is in use or not in use, a type of an output unit used in the device, a distance between the device and a user, and performance of the output unit of the device, the server apparatus analyzing the different factors in the foregoing order.