Patent ID: 11922937
Assignee: YAHOO ASSETS LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 8:
9. A computing device comprising:
a processor; and
memory comprising processor-executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause performance of operations, the operations comprising:
monitoring audio received via a microphone of a first device, wherein a plurality of devices, comprising a second device and a third device, are concurrently in an area in which audio from an entity is receivable; and
responsive to detecting a trigger phrase in a first audio segment identified during the monitoring and a command in a second audio segment identified during the monitoring:
selecting the second device but not the third device, from amongst the plurality of devices, based upon the trigger phrase;
generating an electronic message associated with the command; and
transmitting the electronic message to the second device selected based upon the trigger phrase but not the third device of the plurality of devices despite both the second device and the third device being in the area in which audio from the entity is receivable.