US 11,930,236 B2
Content playback device using voice assistant service and operation method thereof
Byungjeong Jeon, Suwon-si (KR); Jina Kwon, Suwon-si (KR); Yuri Min, Suwon-si (KR); and Hansol Park, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jul. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/388,693.
Application 17/388,693 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2019/015865, filed on Nov. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0011315 (KR), filed on Jan. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0360312 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. G10L 15/22 (2006.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/42203 (2013.01) [G10L 15/22 (2013.01); H04N 21/42222 (2013.01); H04N 21/4821 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A content reproduction apparatus comprising:
an outputter configured to output video and audio;
a user interface configured to receive an utterance from a user;
a memory configured to store one or more instructions; and
a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory, to:
control the outputter to output a first screen in which one or more objects selectable by the user's utterance are included and a focus is displayed with respect to one of the one or more objects, and,
when an utterance for selecting one of the one or more objects included in the first screen is not received from the user through the user interface, control the outputter to output utterable guide information for a next selection based on the object corresponding to the focus displayed.