US 12,112,751 B2
Electronic device for processing user utterance and method for operating same
Taegu Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Hyeonjae Bak, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Yoonju Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Hansin Koh, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Jooyeon Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Gajin Song, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Jaeyung Yeo, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Feb. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/673,972.
Application 17/673,972 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2020/011672, filed on Sep. 1, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0118581 (KR), filed on Sep. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0172722 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 15/06 (2013.01); G10L 15/18 (2013.01); G10L 15/30 (2013.01)
CPC G10L 15/22 (2013.01) [G10L 15/063 (2013.01); G10L 15/1815 (2013.01); G10L 15/30 (2013.01); G10L 2015/0635 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01); G10L 2015/228 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
communication circuitry;
a processor; and
memory,
wherein the memory stores instructions cause, when executed by the processor, the electronic device to:
acquire first context information from a first external electronic device of a plurality of external electronic devices through the communication circuitry,
based on the first context information, update context history information which is stored in the electronic device and associated with a plurality of user utterances,
acquire a user utterance,
identify context information related to the user utterance, the context information including the updated context history information which is associated with the plurality of user utterances different from the user utterance,
select, as a target device, at least one external electronic device from among the plurality of external electronic devices based on the context information including the updated context history information, and
transmit at least some of the context information to the at least one external electronic device selected as the target device through the communication circuitry.