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Ambient assistant device

  • US 10,210,866 B2
  • Filed: 05/18/2017
  • Issued: 02/19/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A home assistant device, comprising:

  • a speaker;

    a microphone;

    a display screen;

    one or more processors; and

    memory storing instructions, wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions such that the processor and memory are configured to;

    detect first speech spoken within an environment of the home assistant device using the microphone;

    determine that the first speech includes content having one or more words or phrases included in a local dictionary of the home assistant device;

    provide a first interaction opportunity with the home assistant device based on the one or more words or phrases of the first speech corresponding to the local dictionary, the first interaction opportunity providing a speech response using the speaker based on the content of the first speech and based on the first speech including the content having the one or more words or phrases included in the local dictionary of the home assistant device;

    detect second speech spoken within the environment of the home assistant device, the first speech being different than the second speech;

    determine that the content of the second speech does not include the one or more words or phrases corresponding to the local dictionary;

    provide the second speech to a cloud server to determine content related to the second speech;

    receive response data from the cloud server based on the second speech; and

    provide a second interaction opportunity with the home assistant device based on the response data received from the cloud server, the second interaction opportunity different than the first interaction opportunity, the second interaction opportunity providing a visual response on the display screen based on the content of the second speech and based on the second speech being provided to the cloud server.

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