US 11,887,591 B2
Methods and systems for enabling a digital assistant to generate an ambient aware response
Siddhartha Mukherjee, Bangalore (IN); and Udit Bhargava, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
Appl. No. 17/255,195
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
PCT Filed Jun. 24, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/007605
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 22, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/004881, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201841023569 (IN), filed on Jun. 25, 2018; and application No. 201841023569 (IN), filed on Mar. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0287675 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 25/63 (2013.01); G10L 25/84 (2013.01)
CPC G10L 15/22 (2013.01) [G10L 25/63 (2013.01); G10L 25/84 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for providing an ambient aware response by a device,
the method comprising:
receiving a first user command to output a received message;
identifying message content related to at least one task corresponding to the first user command;
determining privacy of the message content based on whether the message content includes financial information;
determining ambience based on at least one parameter relating to the device and a user of the device, wherein the at least one parameter includes a first parameter indicating a position of the device and a second parameter indicating whether the user is in a vehicle;
determining an emotional state of the user;
outputting a dialog message for inquiring about whether to output the received message based on the determined privacy of the message content, the determined ambience, and the emotional state of the user;
receiving a second user command about whether to output the received message as a response to the dialog message; and
outputting the received message or refraining from outputting the received message according to the second user command.