Patent ID: 11942092
Assignee: SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. A method of controlling a voice assistant that is connected to pieces of remote equipment and that comprises both an electronic processor unit comprising single detection modules each arranged for detecting a single keyword in an audio signal and also a control unit connected to the single detection modules, the method comprising the step of selecting predetermined actions as a function of detection signals supplied by the single detection modules and of making those actions done by a server and/or a peripheral device to be linked to the voice assistant, the method further comprising the steps of:
detecting whether some of the predetermined actions are doable by the server and/or the peripheral device; and
activating or deactivating the single detection modules as a function of the doability of the actions so that the only single detection modules that are activated are those suitable for detecting in the audio signal keyword triggering a predetermined action that has been detected as doable.