US 11,985,003 B2
Apparatus, system and method for directing voice input in a controlling device
Paul Arling, Scottsdale, AZ (US); Norman G. Sheridan, Fremont, CA (US); Arsham Hatambeiki, Scottsdale, AZ (US); Thomas Henley, Huntington Beach, CA (US); and Jon Gallegos, Huntington Beach, CA (US)
Assigned to Universal Electronics Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Filed by Universal Electronics Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Filed on May 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/752,541.
Application 17/752,541 is a continuation of application No. 15/647,947, filed on Jul. 12, 2017, granted, now 11,489,691.
Prior Publication US 2022/0286317 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G08C 17/02 (2006.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 12/282 (2013.01) [G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G08C 17/02 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G08C 2201/31 (2013.01); G08C 2201/40 (2013.01); G08C 2201/92 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A controlling device, comprising:
a memory having processor-readable code embodied therein;
a first communication interface;
a microphone for receiving a voice input; and
a processor, coupled to the memory, the first communication interface, and the microphone for executing the processor-readable code that causes the controlling device to perform steps comprising:
receiving from a user, via the microphone, a voice data;
using the voice data as received via the microphone to identify from amongst a plurality of smart appliances that are each associated with a respective one of a plurality of speech processing services a smart appliance to which the voice data as received via the microphone is to be transmitted; and
transmitting, via the first communication interface, the voice data as received via the microphone to the identified smart appliance for subsequent interpretation by a one of the plurality of speech processing services associated with the identified smart appliance.