US 12,089,120 B2
Techniques for relaying audio messages to devices
Richard M. Powell, Mountain View, CA (US); John A. Aguilar, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Patrick L. Coffman, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/137,190.
Application 18/137,190 is a continuation of application No. 17/238,065, filed on Apr. 22, 2021, granted, now 11,671,797.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/022,908, filed on May 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0254669 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/12 (2009.01); H04M 3/533 (2006.01)
CPC H04W 4/12 (2013.01) [H04M 3/53391 (2013.01); H04M 2201/41 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a first device, a first message that includes an announcement, the announcement associated with a voice that spoke the announcement;
determining, by the first device, the announcement from the first message;
identifying, by the first device, one or more devices for receiving the announcement, the one or more devices associated with the first device, each device of the one or more devices having a particular device type of a plurality of different device types comprising at least a mobile device;
determining, by the first device, a network path through which a second message is transmitted based at least in part on a location of a second device of the one or more devices;
in accordance with a determination that the second device is located within a local area network associated with a home environment, transmitting, by the first device over the local area network associated with the home environment, the second message to the second device for presentation of the announcement by the second device, the second message including the announcement; and
in accordance with a determination that the second device is away from the local area network associated with the home environment, transmitting, by the first device over a wide area network, the second message to the second device for presentation of the announcement by the second device.