False positive wake word
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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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Abstract
One embodiment provides 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, using a processor, whether the word comprises a false positive wake word, wherein the false positive wake word comprises a stored wake word; and responsive to determining that the word is associated with a false positive wake word, providing output associated with an alternative wake word. Other aspects are described and claimed.
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19 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An information handling device, comprising:
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a processor; a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to; receive user input comprising a word that activates a digital assistant associated with the information handling device; determine, after activating the digital assistant based upon the user input, 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 provide, responsive to determining that the word is associated with a false positive wake word, 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. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A product, comprising:
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a storage device that stores code, the code being executable by a processor and comprising; code that receives user input comprising a word that activates a digital assistant associated with the information handling device; code that determines, after activating the digital assistant based upon the user input, 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 code that provides, responsive to determining that the word is associated with a false positive wake word, 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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