Patent ID: 11924254
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 42:
43. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 35, wherein the first electronic device and the second electronic device share a short distance communication connection, and wherein the one or more programs further comprise instructions, which when executed by one or more processors of a first electronic device, cause the first electronic device to:
in response to detecting the digital assistant trigger, transmit the first trigger advertisement to the second electronic device via the short distance communication connection;
receive a third trigger advertisement from the second electronic device via the short distance communication connection, wherein the third trigger advertisement indicates a third time at which the digital assistant trigger ended according to the second electronic device;
after determining whether the second time is within the predetermined time range before the first time, determine whether the third time is within the predetermined time range before the first time; and
in accordance with a determination that the third time is within the predetermined range before the first time, forgo further processing of the user voice input even if the second time is not within the predetermined time range before the first time.