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Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 22, 2021
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Richard M. Powell, Mountain View, CA (US);

John A. Aguilar, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Patrick L. Coffman, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/12 (2009.01); H04M 3/533 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/12 (2013.01); H04M 3/53391 (2013.01); H04M 2201/41 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques are disclosed for transmitting an announcement to one or more devices. In one example, a first device receives a first message that includes an announcement, the announcement associated with a voice that spoke the announcement. The first device may determine the announcement from the first message, and then identify one or more devices for receiving the announcement. The one or more devices may have a particular device type of a plurality of different device types comprising at least a mobile device. The first device may then transmit a second message to the one or more devices for presentation of the announcement by the one or more devices.


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