US 11,145,203 B2Granted

Systems and methods of hands-free assistant-requested communication

AssigneeGoogle Inc.

InventorsDavid Noy, Gal Moshitch, Shachar Shimoni

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Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for establishing a hands-free communication session between a user and an electronic device. A triggering event for establishing a communication session with the user of a navigation application is detected. The triggering event may include identification, by the electronic device, of information from the data source that is desirable to communicate to the user at the present time. A level of importance of the information is determined, and a notification in accordance with the determined level of importance is generated, the notification having a first property in a first instance and a second property in a second instance. When, after generating the notification, permission from the user to establish the communication session is received, a communication session between the electronic device and the user including voice output by the electronic device and voice input by the user may be established.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method for establishing a virtual voice assistant communication session related to navigation between a user and an electronic device, the virtual voice assistant communication session comprising voice output by the electronic device and voice input by the user, the electronic device being configured to access information from a data source, the method comprising:

detecting, by one or more processors in the electronic device, a triggering event for establishing a virtual voice assistant communication session with a user of a navigation application, wherein detecting the triggering event comprises identifying, by the electronic device, information from the data source that is desirable to communicate to the user at the present time or information from the user to communicate to the data source;
determining, by the one or more processors, a level of importance of the information;
generating, by the one or more processors, a notification in accordance with the determined level of importance, including generating a notification having a first property in a first instance and generating a notification having a second property in a second instance;
subsequently to generating the notification, receiving, by the one or more processors, a permission from the user to establish the virtual voice assistant communication session;
and
in response to receiving the permission, establishing the virtual voice assistant communication session between the electronic device and the user.

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An electronic device comprising:

one or more processors and a non-transitory computer-readable memory storing thereon instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the electronic device to:
access information from a data source;
detect a triggering event for establishing a virtual voice assistant communication session related to navigation with a user of a navigation application by identifying information from the data source that is desirable to communicate to the user at the present time or information from the user to communicate to the data source;
determine a level of importance of the information;
generate a notification in accordance with the determined level of importance, including generating a notification having a first property in a first instance and generate a notification having a second property in a second instance;
subsequently to generating the notification, receive a permission from the user to establish the virtual voice assistant communication session;
and
in response to receiving the permission, establish the virtual voice assistant communication session between the electronic device and the user, the virtual voice assistant communication session comprising voice output by the electronic device and voice input by the user.

5 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/646,927Filed 12 Sep 2017
Published: US 2020/0211387 A12 Jul 2020
Granted: 12 Oct 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification20 codes

G01C 21/3691
Input/output arrangements for on-board computers: retrieval, searching and output of information related to real-time traffic, weather, or…
G08G 1/09675
Where a selection of the information might take place: where a selection from the received information takes place in the vehicle
G01C 21/3629
Details of the output of route guidance instructions: guidance using speech or audio output, e.g. text-to-speech
G01C 21/3641
Details of the output of route guidance instructions: personalized guidance, e.g. limited guidance on previously travelled routes