Virtual assistant identification of nearby computing devices
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving audio data generated by a microphone of a current computing device that includes a display;
identifying, based on one or more respective audio signals included in the audio data, one or more computing devices that each emitted a respective audio signal in response to speech reception being activated at the current computing device; and
selecting either the current computing device or a particular computing device from the one or more computing devices identified based on the audio data, to satisfy a spoken utterance determined based on the audio data, wherein selecting a computing device from the identified one or more computing devices comprises;
selecting the particular computing device from computing devices included in the identified one or more computing devices that include a display that is larger than the display of the current computing device.
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Abstract
In one example, a method includes method comprising: receiving audio data generated by a microphone of a current computing device; identifying, based on the audio data, one or more computing devices that each emitted a respective audio signal in response to speech reception being activated at the current computing device; and selecting either the current computing device or a particular computing device from the identified one or more computing devices to satisfy a spoken utterance determined based on the audio data.
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19 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving audio data generated by a microphone of a current computing device that includes a display; identifying, based on one or more respective audio signals included in the audio data, one or more computing devices that each emitted a respective audio signal in response to speech reception being activated at the current computing device; and selecting either the current computing device or a particular computing device from the one or more computing devices identified based on the audio data, to satisfy a spoken utterance determined based on the audio data, wherein selecting a computing device from the identified one or more computing devices comprises; selecting the particular computing device from computing devices included in the identified one or more computing devices that include a display that is larger than the display of the current computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A device comprising:
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one or more microphones; and one or more processors configured to; receive audio data generated by a microphone of a current computing device that does not include a display; identify, based on one or more respective audio signals included in the audio data, one or more computing devices that each emitted a respective audio signal in response to speech reception being activated at the current computing device; and select either the current computing device or a particular computing device from the one or more computing devices identified based on the audio data, to satisfy a spoken utterance determined based on the audio data, wherein the selecting comprises; responsive to determining that a display is needed to satisfy the spoken utterance, select the particular computing device from computing devices included in the identified one or more computing devices that include a display. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method comprising:
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receiving audio data generated by a microphone of a current computing device that does not include a display; identifying, based on one or more respective audio signals included in the audio data, one or more computing devices that each emitted a respective audio signal in response to speech reception being activated at the current computing device; and selecting either the current computing device or a particular computing device from the one or more computing devices identified based on the audio data, to satisfy a spoken utterance determined based on the audio data, wherein the selecting comprises; responsive to determining that a display is needed to satisfy the spoken utterance, selecting the particular computing device from computing devices included in the identified one or more computing devices that include a display.
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