Patent ID: 11930248
Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 6:
7. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
processing circuitry configured to control a timing of a voice response upon using a voice AI assistance service in cooperation with content on a basis of an utterance of a viewer,
wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:
receive voice data of the utterance of the viewer;
transmit the voice data to a server of the voice AI assistance service;
receive the voice response to the utterance of the viewer from the server;
upon waiting until the timing of the voice response on the basis of the utterance of the viewer, cause information indicating a waiting state to be generated;
present a waiting state notification notifying the viewer that the information processing apparatus is in the waiting state associated with the generated information; and
upon receiving an instruction to start the voice response from the viewer, cause the voice response in the waiting state to be started,
wherein the waiting state notification is a lamp, and
upon receiving the instruction to start the voice response from the viewer, the lamp is turned off.