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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 21, 2016
Applicant:

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

David H. Hanes, Houston, TX (US);

John Michael Main, Rio Rancho, NM (US);

Jon R. Dory, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G10L 15/32 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G10L 15/32 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01);
Abstract

Microphone data indicative of a user spoken phrase is captured utilizing the microphone at a communication apparatus. At least a portion of the microphone data is sent to a set of computing devices. A response phrase determined at a virtual assistant service is received from each of the computing devices. A preferred response phrase is identified among the set of received response phrases according to a preference rule. The preferred response phrase is caused to be output via a speaker at the communication apparatus.


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