US 12,086,504 B2
Automatic adjustment of muted response setting
Michael Schaer, Pfaffikon (CH); Vitaly Gatsko, Zurich (CH); and Ágoston Weisz, Zurich (CH)
Assigned to GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/369,627.
Application 18/369,627 is a continuation of application No. 17/965,349, filed on Oct. 13, 2022, granted, now 11,789,695.
Application 17/965,349 is a continuation of application No. 16/948,089, filed on Sep. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,474,773, issued on Oct. 18, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0004608 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 16/9032 (2019.01); G06F 16/909 (2019.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/165 (2013.01) [G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G06F 16/90332 (2019.01); G06F 16/909 (2019.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method implemented using one or more processors, comprising:
receiving a query from a user via a user interface of a computing device;
determining, by an automated assistant of the computing device, that a response volume setting of the computing device is muted;
identifying, based on a digital calendar dataset, a context of the user during one or more time periods;
determining, based on the context of the user and based on a time period during which the query was received, whether an audible response, for audible perception of the response by the user, by the automated assistant at the computing device, is appropriate; and
in response to determining that an audibly rendered response is appropriate, and in response to determining that the computing device is muted:
determining to override the response volume setting to provide the audibly rendered response to the user, and
rendering, at the computing device, the audible response to the query.