US 11,670,297 B2
Device leadership negotiation among voice interface devices
Kenneth Mixter, Los Altos Hills, CA (US); Diego Melendo Casado, Mountain View, CA (US); Alexander Houston Gruenstein, Mountain View, CA (US); Terry Tai, New York, NY (US); Christopher Thaddeus Hughes, Redwood City, CA (US); and Matthew Nirvan Sharifi, Kilchberg (CH)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/242,273.
Application 17/242,273 is a continuation of application No. 16/786,943, filed on Feb. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,024,311.
Application 16/786,943 is a continuation of application No. 16/159,339, filed on Oct. 12, 2018, granted, now 10,559,306.
Application 16/159,339 is a continuation of application No. 15/788,658, filed on Oct. 19, 2017, granted, now 10,102,857.
Application 15/788,658 is a continuation of application No. 15/284,483, filed on Oct. 3, 2016, granted, now 9,812,128.
Application 15/284,483 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/088,477, filed on Apr. 1, 2016, granted, now 9,514,752.
Application 15/088,477 is a continuation of application No. 14/675,932, filed on Apr. 1, 2015, granted, now 9,318,107.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/061,830, filed on Oct. 9, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0249015 A1, Aug. 12, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 15/32 (2013.01); G10L 15/08 (2006.01); G10L 25/60 (2013.01)
CPC G10L 15/22 (2013.01) [G10L 15/32 (2013.01); G10L 25/60 (2013.01); G10L 2015/088 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
detecting, by an electronic device of a plurality of electronic devices, a voice input;
determining a first value associated with the voice input;
accessing a second value for the voice input that was detected by an additional electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices; and
in accordance with a determination that the first value is higher than the second value, responding, by the electronic device, to the detected input.