Relay device for voice commands to be processed by a voice assistant, voice assistant and wireless network

A voice assistant, comprising a processing circuit and a wireless communication unit for connecting to a wireless network, said wireless network comprising a plurality of network nodes mutually connected by wireless links, wherein said voice assistant is configured to:

• receive, by the wireless communication unit, at least two input signals, each input signal comprising a voice command received by a microphone of a source node of the wireless network;
• determine, by the processing circuit, whether the voice commands of said input signals correspond to a same request issued by a single user;
• if said voice commands correspond to a same request issued by a single user:
• determine a single response to the voice commands based on at least one of said voice commands;
• and
• if said voice commands correspond to different requests:
• determine a response for each different voice command.

A method for processing voice commands by a voice assistant connected to a wireless network, said wireless network comprising a plurality of network nodes mutually connected by wireless links, wherein said method comprises:

• receiving at least two input signals, each input signal comprising a voice command received by a microphone of a source node of the wireless network;
• determining whether the voice commands of said input signals correspond to a same request issued by a single user;
• if said voice commands correspond to a same request issued by a single user:
• determining a single response to the voice commands based on at least one of said voice commands;
• and
• if said voice commands correspond to different requests:
• determining a response for each different voice command.