Activation of remote devices in a networked system

A method to generate voice-activated threads in a networked computer environment, comprising:

• receiving, by a natural language processor component executed by a data processing system, a first input audio signal detected by a sensor of a first client computing device;
• parsing, by the natural language processor component, the first input audio signal to identify a first request, a first entity, and a second entity;
• identifying, by an action handler component executed by the data processing system, a plurality of candidate service provider devices, each of the plurality of candidate service provider devices configured to fulfill the first request and associated with a respective application installed on the first client computing device;
• selecting, by the action handler component, a service provider device from the plurality of candidate service provider devices;
• expanding, by the action handler component executed by the data processing system, the second entity based on an expansion policy associated with the first client computing device and into a format associated with a field of a digital component;
• generating, by a remote application launcher executed by the data processing system, the digital component comprising an indication of an application associated with the service provider device, the first entity, and the expanded second entity in the field of the digital component, the digital component configured to launch the application associated with the service provider device when executed by the first client computing device to fulfill the first request;
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• transmitting, by the action handler component, the digital component to the first client computing device in response to the first input audio signal.

A method to generate voice-activated threads in a networked computer environment, comprising:

• receiving, by a natural language processor component executed by a data processing system, a first input audio signal detected by a sensor of a first client computing device;
• parsing, by the natural language processor component, the first input audio signal to identify a first request, a first entity, and a second entity;
• identifying, by an action handler component executed by the data processing system, a plurality of candidate service provider devices, each of the plurality of candidate service provider devices configured to fulfill the first request and associated with a respective application installed on the first client computing device;
• selecting, by the action handler component, a service provider device from the plurality of candidate service provider devices;
• determining, by the action handler component, the second entity cannot be expanded based on an expansion policy associated with the first client computing device;
• generating, by a remote application launcher executed by the data processing system, a digital component comprising an indication of an application associated with the service provider device and the first entity, the digital component configured to launch the application associated with the service provider device when executed by the first client computing device to fulfill the first request;
• and
• transmitting, by the action handler component, the digital component to the first client computing device in response to the first input audio signal.