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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:
Mar. 22, 2022

Filed:

Aug. 14, 2017
Applicant:

Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;

Inventors:

Ryan Charles Knudson, Durham, NC (US);

Russell Speight VanBlon, Raleigh, NC (US);

Roderick Echols, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Jonathan Gaither Knox, Morrisville, NC (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 17/24 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 17/24 (2013.01); G10L 15/08 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 2015/088 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01);
Abstract

One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, user input comprising a potential wake word; determining, using a processor, whether the potential wake word is associated with a stored wake word; and responsive to determining that the potential wake word is associated with the stored wake word, activating, based on the potential wake word, a digital assistant associated with the information handling device. Other aspects are described and claimed.


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