Patent ID: 11929080
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 7:
8. A method for providing a memory service by an electronic device, the method comprising:
receiving, from a first device supporting a speech service through a communication module of the electronic device, a first utterance related to a memory service, the first utterance being inputted into the first device;
in response to receiving the first utterance related to the memory service, preparing to store first information for the memory service for the first utterance;
storing the first information including essential information, disclosure target information, sensitivity information for the first information, and an authentication method for the first information, detected from the first utterance;
obtaining a second utterance for looking up information related to the memory service;
in response to identifying that the obtained second utterance is an utterance for looking up the first information, completing authentication based on the authentication method; and
providing the essential information by a providing method determined based on the sensitivity information,
wherein the method further comprises:
identify whether the first utterance includes the disclosure target information;
based on identifying the first utterance includes the disclosure target information, including the identified disclosure target information in the first information; and
based on identifying the first utterance does not include the disclosure target information, generating user information corresponding to at least one device located in a home and connected with the first device via short-range communication, as disclosure target information, and including the generated disclosure target information in the first information, and

wherein the method further comprises:
setting, as a sensitivity level, a highest level among a plurality of levels included in the sensitivity information, based on the disclosure target information including only a user of the electronic device;
setting, as the sensitivity level, a first level lower than the highest level among the plurality of levels, based on the disclosure target information including the user and a portion other than the user among family members included in a family member DB(database), and
setting, as the sensitivity level, a second level lower than the first level among the plurality of levels, based on the disclosure target information including all of the family members including the user.