Patent ID: 11930248
Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 12:
13. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
processing circuitry configured to control a timing of a voice response upon using a voice AI assistance service in cooperation with content on a basis of an utterance of a viewer,
wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:
upon waiting until the timing of the voice response is reached, cause information indicating a waiting state to be generated;
present a waiting state notification notifying the viewer that the information processing apparatus is in the waiting state based on the generated information; and
upon receiving an instruction to start the voice response from the viewer, cause the voice response in the waiting state to be started;
wherein the waiting state notification is an icon or a lamp,
wherein upon receiving the instruction to start the voice response from the viewer, the icon is erased when the waiting state notification is an icon notice, and
wherein upon receiving the instruction to start the voice response from the viewer, the lamp is turned off when the waiting state notification is a lamp notice.