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Providing suggested voice-based action queries

  • US 10,504,509 B2
  • Filed: 07/24/2015
  • Issued: 12/10/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

  • receiving an indication of content recently viewed on a computing device;

    determining, based on the indication of the content, an entity referenced in the content;

    determining a computer-based action mapped to the entity in one or more electronic databases;

    generating a suggested voice-based action query that includes at least one action term that initiates performance of the computer-based action and that includes at least one entity term selected based on the entity;

    receiving a voice-based query input indication, the voice-based query input indication indicating receipt of input of the user via the computing device to initiate providing of a voice-based query via a microphone of the computing device, wherein the received input to initiate providing of the voice-based query via the computing device is one of;

    a phrase spoken by the user and received by the computing device via the microphone, a selection of a voice query icon via a graphical user interface of the computing device, an actuation of a touch-sensitive hardware element of the computing device, or performance of a given gesture captured by the computing device via a vision sensor;

    providing, for initial display by the computing device, a voice query interface without the suggested voice-based action query;

    determining an indication of a need for suggested voice-based action queries, wherein determining the indication of the need for suggested voice-based action queries comprises;

    determining the indication of the need for suggested voice-based action queries based on determining that a noise level, following the input of the user to initiate providing of the voice-based query, is greater than a threshold noise level; and

    providing a list of voice-based action queries, including the suggested voice-based action query in response to receiving the voice-based query input indication and based on determining the indication of the need for suggested voice-based action queries, the suggested voice-based action query provided for display by the computing device as a suggestion for the voice-based query.

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