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

Claim 22:
23. 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 for detecting respective keywords 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 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; and
when none of the actions is doable, the steps of:
activating the multiple detection module and deactivating all of the single detection modules; and
issuing an error signal if a keyword is detected by the multiple detection module.