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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2024
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Matthew Sharifi, Kilchberg, CH;
Victor Carbune, Zurich, CH;
GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are described herein for warm word arbitration between automated assistant devices. A method includes: determining that warm word arbitration is to be initiated between a first assistant device and one or more additional assistant devices, including a second assistant device; broadcasting, by the first assistant device, to the one or more additional assistant devices, an active set of warm words for the first assistant device; for each of the one or more additional assistant devices, receiving, from the additional assistant device, an active set of warm words for the additional assistant device; identifying a matching warm word included in the active set of warm words for the first assistant device and included in the active set of warm words for the second assistant device; and enabling or disabling detection of the matching warm word by the first assistant device, in response to identifying the matching warm word.