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US 2021/0200509 A1Published application
Command confirmation for a media playback device
AssigneeSpotify AB
InventorsEmma-Camelia Gosu, Daniel Bromand, Karl Humphreys
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Abstract
A system and method for confirming a voice command of a media playback device is disclosed. The method includes receiving an instruction of a voice command and producing an audio confirmation of the command. A confirmation may be playing a media context item associated with the command, playing a verbal confirmation phrase, or playing a non-verbal audio cue.
Claims15
A method for operating a voice command interface configured to control a media playback device, the method comprising:
- receiving at a media playback device, an instruction from a user, the instruction indicative of a user command requesting an outcome;
- determining whether the outcome will be recognizable by the user of the media playback device in a predetermined period of time after receiving the instruction;
- and
- upon determining that the outcome will not be recognizable by the user of the media playback device in the predetermined period of time, playing an audio cue before the predetermined period of time elapses.
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A system for operating a voice command interface configured to control a media playback device, the system comprising:
- a sound processing engine;
- and
- a command processing engine configured to:
- receive an instruction from a user, the instruction indicative of a user command requesting an outcome;
- determine whether the outcome will be recognizable by the user of the media playback device in a predetermined period of time after receiving the instruction;
- and
- upon determining that the outcome will be recognizable by the user of the media playback device in the predetermined period of time, play an audio cue before the predetermined period of time elapses.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.