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

Claim 8:
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first electronic device and the second electronic device share a short distance communication connection, further comprising:
in response to detecting the digital assistant trigger, transmitting the first trigger advertisement to the second electronic device via the short distance communication connection;
receiving 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, determining 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, forgoing further processing of the user voice input even if the second time is not within the predetermined time range before the first time.