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False positive wake word

  • US 10,204,624 B1
  • Filed: 08/14/2017
  • Issued: 02/12/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • receiving, at an information handling device, user input comprising a word that activates a digital assistant associated with the information handling device;

    determining, after activating the digital assistant based upon the user input and using a processor, whether the word comprises a false positive wake word, wherein the false positive wake word comprises a stored wake word, wherein the determining comprises identifying that the stored wake word has been provided a predetermined number of times within a predetermined amount of time without receiving subsequent query input directed at the digital assistant; and

    responsive to determining that the word is associated with a false positive wake word, providing output from the information handling device, wherein the output comprises a suggestion to replace the stored wake word with an alternative wake word, wherein the alternative wake word comprises a word having different phonetic characteristics than the stored wake word.

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