US 11,893,350 B2 · Detecting continuing conversations with computing devices

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for detecting a continued conversation are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving first audio data of a first utterance. The actions further include obtaining a first transcription of the first utterance. The actions further include receiving second audio data of a second utterance. The actions further include obtaining a second transcription of the second utterance. The actions further include determining whether the second utterance includes a query directed to a query processing system based on analysis of the second transcription and the first transcription or a response to the first query. The actions further include configuring the data routing component to provide the second transcription of the second utterance to the query processing system as a second query or bypass routing the second transcription.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, via a microphone of a computing device, audio data of a spoken utterance, of a user, that omits any hotword;
determining that the spoken utterance does not include any hotword indicating that the user is addressing the spoken utterance to the computing device;
in response to determining that the spoken utterance does not include any hotword:
determining whether a transcription, of the spoken utterance, includes a query that is directed to content that is displayed via a user-facing display of the computing device;
and
based on determining that the transcription, of the spoken utterance, includes the query that is directed to the content that is displayed via the user-facing display:
causing the computing device to perform an operation that is responsive to the spoken utterance.

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A system comprising:

one or more processors;
and
one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more processors to perform operations that comprise:
receiving, via a microphone of a computing device, audio data of a spoken utterance, of a user, that omits any hotword;
determining that the spoken utterance does not include any hotword indicating that the user is addressing the spoken utterance to the computing device;
in response to determining that the spoken utterance does not include any hotword:
determining whether a transcription, of the spoken utterance, includes a query that is directed to content that is displayed via a user-facing display of the computing device;
and
based on determining that the transcription of the spoken utterance includes the query that is directed to the content that is displayed via the user-facing display:
causing the computing device to perform an operation responsive to the spoken utterance.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising instructions that, in response to execution of the instructions by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform following operations:

receiving, via a microphone of a computing device, audio data of a spoken utterance, of a user, that omits any hotword;
determining that the spoken utterance does not include any hotword indicating that the user is addressing the spoken utterance to the computing device;
in response to determining that the spoken utterance does not include any hotword:
determining whether a transcription, of the spoken utterance, includes a query that is directed to content that is displayed via a user-facing display of the computing device;
and
based on determining that the transcription of the spoken utterance includes the query that is directed to the content that is displayed via the user-facing display:
causing the computing device to perform an operation responsive to the spoken utterance.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Detecting continuing conversations with computing devices

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Detecting continuing conversations with computing devices

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Abstract

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