Patent ID: 11869503
Assignee: SONOS, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 7:
8. The playback device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are executable by the at least one processor such that the playback device is further configured to:
while in the online mode, monitor, via the local voice assistant, the sound data stream from the one or more microphones for local keywords from the local natural language unit library of the local voice assistant concurrently with monitoring, via the VAS wake-word engine, the sound data stream for one or more VAS wake words;
generate an additional local wake-word event corresponding to a third voice input when the local voice assistant detects sound data matching one or more additional local keywords in a third portion of the sound data stream;
determine, via the local voice assistant, an intent of the third voice input;
select, from among a plurality of pre-determined responses, an additional pre determined response, the additional pre-determined response corresponding to the determined intent of the third voice input; and
carry out the selected additional pre-determined response.