US 2018/0293484 A1 · INDICATING A RESPONDING VIRTUAL ASSISTANT FROM A PLURALITY OF VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS

Abstract

A method for indicating a responding virtual assistant from one of a plurality of virtual assistants is disclosed. The method includes receiving a spoken query from a user of an electronic device. The method includes determining whether the spoken query addresses a particular one of a plurality of virtual assistants on the electronic device. The method includes polling a first set of the virtual assistants with the spoken query in response to the spoken query not addressing a particular one of the plurality of virtual assistants. The method further includes presenting a response to the spoken query with an indicator of a virtual assistant providing the response. An apparatus and computer program product are also disclosed, which perform the method.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus comprising:

an audio input device;
an output device;
a processor;
a memory that stores code executable by the processor to:
receive, via the audio input device, a spoken query from a user of an electronic device;
determine whether the spoken query addresses a particular one of a plurality of virtual assistants on the electronic device;
poll a first set of the virtual assistants with the spoken query in response to the spoken query not addressing a particular one of the plurality of virtual assistants;
and
present, via the output device, a response to the spoken query with an indicator of a virtual assistant providing the response.

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A method comprising:

receiving, by use of a processor, a query from a user of an electronic device;
determining whether the query addresses a particular one of a plurality of virtual assistants on the electronic device;
polling a first set of the virtual assistants with the query in response to the query not addressing a particular one of the plurality of virtual assistants;
and
presenting a response to the query with an indicator of a virtual assistant providing the response.

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A program product comprising a computer readable storage medium that stores code executable by a processor, the executable code comprising code to perform:

provide a plurality of virtual assistants on an electronic device;
receive a query from a user of the electronic device;
determine whether the query addresses a particular one of the plurality of virtual assistants;
poll a first set of the virtual assistants with the query in response to the query not addressing a particular one of the plurality of virtual assistants;
and
present a response to the query with an indicator of a virtual assistant providing the response.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Indicating a responding virtual assistant from a plurality of virtual assistants

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Abstract

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