| CPC G10L 15/26 (2013.01) [G06F 3/16 (2013.01); G06F 21/602 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |
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1. A mobile electronic device comprising:
a communication interface comprising circuitry;
memory storing instructions; and
at least one processor configured to, based on a user voice being received, provide a virtual assistant function providing response information to the user voice, wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the instructions to:
identify whether the response information is privacy information;
based on the response information being identified as the privacy information, identify whether a surrounding environment of the mobile electronic device is a public location based on at least one of an image of the surrounding environment, sound information of the surrounding environment or a current position of the mobile electronic device; and
based on the surrounding environment being identified as the public location, identify a providing time point of the response information and control the communication interface to transmit the response information to an external device at the providing time point,
wherein the providing time point is when the surrounding environment is identified as a private location.
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