Patent ID: 11869505
Assignee: STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method of a local assistant system responding to voice input using an ear-wearable device and a gateway device, wherein the ear-wearable device comprises a first speaker, a first microphone, a first processor, a first memory storage, and a first wireless communication device, wherein the gateway device comprises a gateway processor, a first gateway wireless communication device for communicating with the ear-wearable device, and a non-transitory computer-readable memory comprising an input database, wherein the input database comprises locally-handled user inputs, the method comprising:
detecting a wake-up signal, wherein the wake-up signal comprises one or more keywords in an audio input stream;
after detecting the wake-up signal, receiving a first voice input communicating a first query content, wherein the local assistant system comprises:
speech recognition circuitry programmed to recognize speech within the first voice input to determine the first query content,
speech generation circuitry programmed to generate speech output to the first speaker of the ear-wearable device, and

processing the first voice input to determine the first query content;
determining, by the gateway device, whether the first query content matches one of the locally-handled user inputs; and
if the first audio input matches one of the locally-handled user inputs, then taking a local responsive action;
if the first audio input does not match one of the locally-handled user inputs, then transmitting at least a portion of the first query content over a wireless network to a network resource.