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Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020

Filed:

May. 01, 2019
Applicant:

Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;

Inventors:

Neil Patrick Adams, Waterloo, CA;

Edward Snow Willis, Ottawa, CA;

David Brian Seel, Ottawa, CA;

Melanie Arlene Barker, Kanata, CA;

Andrew Kugler, Ottawa, CA;

David Noel Vanden Heuvel, Ottawa, CA;

Andrew Frank Young, Ottawa, CA;

Assignee:

BLACKBERRY LIMITED, Waterloo, CA;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06F 21/84 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G10L 17/00 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/542 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 21/84 (2013.01); G10L 17/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and devices are provided relating to taking an action in response to determining that a person who is present in the vicinity of the device, such as a smart speaker, is not authorized to be present. In an aspect, the electronic device receives the notification and a topic identifier associated with the notification. Information identifying persons located in the vicinity of the electronic device may be received. The device may then receive and/or determine information identifying at least one person located within the vicinity who is not authorized, based on the topic identifier, to be present in the vicinity when the notification is to be outputted. The device generates an output signal indicating receipt of the notification and that there is at least one person present in the vicinity who is not authorized to be present when the notification is to be outputted.


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