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US 11,240,057 B2Granted
Alternative output response based on context
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsJohn Carl Mese, Russell Speight VanBlon, Nathan J. Peterson
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Abstract
One embodiment provides a method in which an audible command is first received from a user. Subsequent to receipt of the audible command, one or more sensors may detect certain contextual data associated with the user's physical surroundings. An embodiment may then determine, using the data, whether a default output response associated with the audible command is appropriate with respect to the user's physical surroundings. If the default output response is determined not to be appropriate, an embodiment may thereafter provide an alternative output response that is appropriate with respect to the user's surroundings. Other aspects are described and claimed.
Claims19
A method, comprising:
- receiving, at an information handling device, an audible command from a user to execute a home automation function;
- performing, responsive to receiving the audible command, the home automation function, wherein performance of the home automation function corresponds to a default output response from the information handling device, wherein the default output response comprises an audible output by the information handling device;
- determining, using one or more sensors, whether performance of the home automation function is apparent to the user, wherein the determining comprises:
- identifying, using the one or more sensors, a gaze location of the user;
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- determining whether the gaze location corresponds with an area in which the home automation function was performed;
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- providing, responsive to determining that performance of the function is not apparent to the user, an alert notification, wherein the alert notification comprises an alternative output response with respect to the default output response and wherein the alternative output response selected is based upon an environmental context of the user at the time of performance of the home automation function;
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- withholding, responsive to determining that performance of the function is apparent to the user, the alert notification.
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An information handling device, comprising:
- one or more sensors;
- a processor;
- a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to:
- receive an audible command from a user to execute a home automation function;
- perform, responsive to receiving the audible command, the home automation function, wherein performance of the home automation function corresponds to a default output response from the information handling device, wherein the default output response comprises an audible output by the information handling device;
- determine whether performance of the home automation function is apparent to the user, wherein the determining comprises:
- identify, using the one or more sensors, a gaze location of the user;
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- determine whether the gaze location corresponds with an area in which the home automation function was performed;
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- provide, responsive to determining that performance of the function is not apparent to the user, an alert notification, wherein the alert notification comprises an alternative output response with respect to the default output response and wherein the alternative output response selected is based upon an environmental context of the user at the time of performance of the home automation function;
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- withhold, responsive to determining that performance of the function is apparent to the user, the alert notification.
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A product, comprising:
- a non-transitory storage device having computer readable program code stored therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
- computer readable program code that receives an audible command from a user to execute a home automation function;
- computer readable program code that performs, responsive to receiving the audible command, the home automation function, wherein performance of the home automation function corresponds to a default output response from the information handling device, wherein the default output response comprises an audible output by the information handling device;
- computer readable program code that determines whether performance of the home automation function is apparent to the user, wherein the determining comprises:
- identify, using the one or more sensors, a gaze location of the user;
- and
- determine whether the gaze location corresponds with an area in which the home automation function was performed;
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- computer readable program code that provides, responsive to determining performance of the function is not apparent to the user, an alert notification, wherein the alert notification comprises an alternative output response with respect to the default output response and wherein the alternative output response selected is based upon an environmental context of the user at the time of performance of the home automation function;
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- computer readable program code that withholds, responsive to determining that performance of the function is apparent to the user, the alert.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.