Use of context to disambiguate automation-configuration command

A computing system comprising:

• at least one network communication interface;
• at least one processor;
• non-transitory data storage;
• and
• program instructions stored in the non-transitory data storage and executable by the at least one processor to carry out operations including:
• receiving a voice command uttered by a user into a voice-interface device, the voice command describing an Internet-of-Things (IoT) automation, and
• responsive to receiving the voice command, (a) determining, based on context information not specified by the voice command, which of multiple IoT devices should be a subject of an IoT rule that implements the described IoT automation, and (b) provisioning the IoT rule with the determined IoT device as the subject of the IoT rule,
• wherein the context information comprises audio in an environment of the user when the user uttered the voice command describing the IoT automation, and wherein determining based on the context information which of the multiple IoT devices should be the subject of the IoT rule that implements the described IoT automation comprises (i) determining, based on the audio in the environment of the user when the user uttered the voice command, whether the user was indoors or rather outdoors when the user uttered the voice command and (ii) selecting an IoT device from the multiple IoT devices, as the IoT device to be the subject of the IoT rule that implements the described IoT automation, with the selecting being based on the determining of whether the user was indoors or rather outdoors when the user uttered the voice command.

Non-transitory data storage having stored thereon program instructions executable by at least one processor to carry out operations comprising:

• receiving a voice command uttered by a user into a voice-interface device, the voice command describing an Internet-of-Things (IoT) automation, and
• responsive to receiving the voice command, (a) determining, based on context information not specified by the voice command, which of multiple IoT devices should be a subject of an IoT rule that implements the described IoT automation, and (b) provisioning the IoT rule with the determined IoT device as the subject of the IoT rule,
• wherein the context information comprises audio in an environment of the user when the user uttered the voice command describing the IoT automation, and wherein determining based on the context information which of the multiple IoT devices should be the subject of the IoT rule that implements the described IoT automation comprises (i) determining, based on the audio in the environment of the user when the user uttered the voice command, whether the user was indoors or rather outdoors when the user uttered the voice command and (ii) selecting an IoT device from the multiple IoT devices, as the IoT device to be the subject of the IoT rule that implements the described IoT automation, with the selecting being based on the determining of whether the user was indoors or rather outdoors when the user uttered the voice command.