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US 12,718,819 B2Granted
Interruption detection and handling by digital assistants
AssigneeAdeia Guides Inc.
InventorsPrateek Varshney, Madhusudhan Seetharam, Vishwas Sharadanagar Panchaksharaiah
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described for managing digital assistant interaction. A query is received from a user, and a reply to the query is generated for output. An interruption for the user is detected, and subsequently an end of the interruption is detected. In response to detecting the end of the interruption, a predicted query related to the initial query is identified, and a prompt to provide a reply to the predicted query may be generated for output.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- detecting, by a device executing an assistant application, a first audio signal of a first audio source, the first audio signal comprising a first query;
- generating for output a first reply to the first query;
- detecting a second audio signal of a second audio source;
- determining that the second audio signal is an interruption to the first audio signal by:
- generating a first audio signature from the first audio signal;
- generating a second audio signature from the second audio signal;
- comparing the first audio signature to the second audio signature;
- based on the comparing, determining whether the first audio signature matches the second audio signature;
- and
- determining that the first audio source is different than the second audio source based in part on determining that the first audio signature does not match the second audio signature;
- determining that the second audio signal has been detected for at least a predetermined period of time within a time window;
- based on determining that the second audio signal is an interruption to the first audio signal, refraining, by the device, from generating any output;
- determining that the interruption has ended;
- and
- based on determining that the interruption has ended, ending the refraining and generating for output a second reply, the second reply relating to at least one of the first query or the first reply.
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A system comprising:
- memory;
- control circuitry configured to:
- detect, by a device executing an assistant application, a first audio signal of a first audio source, the first audio signal comprising a first query;
- generate for output a first reply to the first query;
- detect a second audio signal of a second audio source;
- determine that the second audio signal is an interruption to the first audio signal by:
- generating a first audio signature from the first audio signal;
- generating a second audio signature from the second audio signal;
- comparing the first audio signature to the second audio signature;
- based on the comparing, determining whether the first audio signature matches the second audio signature;
- and
- determining that the first audio source is different than the second audio source based in part on determining that the first audio signature does not match the second audio signature;
- determine that the second audio signal has been detected for at least a predetermined period of time within a time window;
- based on determining that the second audio signal is an interruption to the first audio signal, refrain, by the device, from generating any output;
- determine that the interruption has ended;
- and
- based on determining that the interruption has ended, end the refraining and generate for output a second reply, the second reply relating to at least one of the first query or the first reply.
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