US Patent 11189279 Activation management for multiple voice assistants

Patent 11189279 was granted and assigned to Microsoft on November, 2021 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Patent Applicant

Microsoft

Current Assignee

Microsoft

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

11189279

Date of Patent

November 30, 2021

Patent Application Number

16419503

Date Filed

May 22, 2019

Patent Primary Examiner

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Leonard Saint Cyr

Patent abstract

A system and method include detection of a user utterance of one of plurality of voice keywords, each of the plurality of voice keywords associated with a respective voice assistant application, determination, in response to the detection of the one of the plurality of respective voice keywords, of whether any of the plurality of voice assistant applications are designated as uninterruptable, and, if it is determined that none of the plurality of voice assistant applications are designated as uninterruptable, activation of the one of the plurality of voice assistant applications associated with the detected keyword.