SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO TRANSMIT I/O BETWEEN DEVICES BASED ON VOICE INPUT

• US 20180365175A1
• Filed: 06/19/2017
• Published: 12/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2017
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Nicholson, John Weldon, Cromer, Daryl, Schwarz, David Alexander, Debates, Scott Patrick
• Application Number:
  US15/626,908
• Publication Number:
  US 20180365175A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/126 and has means for transferring I/O instructions and statuses between control unit and main processor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback

Abstract

In one aspect, a first device includes at least one processor and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage bears instructions executable by the at least one processor to facilitate a connection between a second device and a third device, with at least the second device including an input/output (I/O) interface. The instructions are also executable by the at least one processor to receive a voice command from a user to transmit I/O between the second device and the third device and, responsive to receipt of the voice command, transmit I/O between the second device and the third device. The I/O is at least one of input using the I/O interface and output using the I/O interface.

Claims

1. A first device, comprising:

at least one processor; and

storage accessible to the at least one processor and bearing instructions executable by the at least one processor to;

facilitate a connection between a second device and a third device, at least the second device comprising an input/output (I/O) interface;

receive a voice command from a user to transmit I/O between the second device and the third device;

responsive to receipt of the voice command, transmit I/O between the second device and the third device, the I/O at least one of being input using the I/O interface and being output using the I/O interface.

2. The first device of claim 1, wherein the I/O interface comprises a keyboard, and wherein the instructions are executable by the at least one processor to:

receive a voice command from a user to transmit input from the keyboard to the third device;

responsive to receipt of the voice command to transmit input from the keyboard to the third device, transmit input from the keyboard to the third device.

3. The first device of claim 2, wherein the instructions are executable by the at least one processor to:

facilitate processing, at the third device, of the input from the keyboard.

4. The first device of claim 1, wherein the I/O interface comprises a display, and wherein the instructions are executable by the at least one processor to:

receive a voice command from a user to transmit output from the third device to the second device for presentation of the output using the display;

responsive to receipt of the voice command to transmit output from the third device to the second device for presentation of the output using the display, transmit output from the third device to the second device.

5. The first device of claim 1, comprising a microphone accessible to the at least one processor, wherein the voice command is received via the microphone.

6. The first device of claim 1, wherein the first device is one of:

the second device, the third device.

7. The first device of claim 1, wherein the first device is a stand-alone digital assistant device that facilitates communication between the second device and the third device.

8. The first device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are executable by the at least one processor to:

suggest a routing of I/O from one of the second device and the third device to the other of the second device and the third device.

9. The first device of claim 8, wherein the suggestion is made based at least in part on crowdsourced data.

10. The first device of claim 8, wherein the suggestion is made based at least in part on at least one of:

an event identified by the first device, a context identified by the first device.

11. The first device of claim 8, wherein the suggestion is made based at least in part on a history accessible to the first device, the history associated with at least one of:

the user, the second device, the third device.

12. The first device of claim 8, wherein the instructions are executable by the at least one processor to:

receive user input accepting the suggestion, the user input comprising one or more of a head nod and a verbal acceptance.

13. The first device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are executable by the at least one processor to:

transmit I/O between the second device and the third device responsive to successful voice identification, the voice command being used for the voice identification.

14. The first device of claim 1, wherein the connection is one of:

a Wi-Fi connection, a Bluetooth connection.

15. A method, comprising:

identifying a context associated with at least one of the first device and the second device, the first device comprising an input/output (I/O) interface;

suggesting, based on the context, that I/O be performed at one of the first device and the second device using communication with the other of the first device and the second device;

receiving voice input accepting the suggestion; and

transmitting, responsive to receipt of the voice input, I/O between the first device and the second device, the I/O at least one of being input using the I/O interface and being output using the I/O interface.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the suggesting is performed based at least in part on the context corresponding to data in a history, the history comprising crowdsourced information pertaining to past events.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the suggesting is performed based at least in part on the context corresponding to data pertaining to defaults set by a digital assistant provider.

18. The method of claim 15, comprising:

authenticating that the voice input is from an authorized user; and

transmitting I/O between the first device and the second device responsive to receipt of the voice input and responsive to the authenticating.

19. A computer readable storage medium (CRSM) that is not a transitory signal, the computer readable storage medium comprising instructions executable by at least one processor to:

process, using a digital assistant, a command to transmit input/output (I/O) between a first device and a second device;

responsive to receipt of the command, transmit I/O between the first device and the second device, the I/O at least one of being input using an I/O interface on the first device and being output using an I/O interface on the second device.

20. The CRSM of claim 19, wherein the instructions are executable by the at least one processor to:

audibly suggest a routing of I/O from one of the first device and the second device to the other of the first device and the second device.

21. The CRSM of claim 19, wherein the command is a voice command.