Patent ID: 11972095
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving utterance data via a client application, the utterance data being associated with a voice utterance of a user;
receiving an indication that the user has engaged in manual user input at a user interface of the client application, the manual user input corresponding to a request to perform a task at the user interface of the client application;
in response to the receiving of the indication that the user has engaged in the manual user input at the user interface of the client application, causing a deactivation of a microphone such that: the microphone refrains from capturing audio data, or that the audio data received via the microphone is not processed;
based at least in part on the deactivation of the microphone, causing the client application to respond to the manual user input by performing the task at the user interface and refraining from responding to the voice utterance.