Patent ID: 11948579
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 20:
21. An electronic device performing an operation corresponding to an utterance of a user in a multi-device environment, the electronic device comprising:
a communication module;
a processor operatively connected with the communication module and configured to operate a first electronic device for receiving and a second electronic device for executing in association with each other; and
a memory operatively connected with the processor,
wherein the memory stores instructions that when executed, cause the processor to:
generate a first channel between the electronic device and the first electronic device that receives the utterance;
receive information of the utterance through the first channel;
determine whether an action corresponding to the utterance should be executed at the second electronic device, based on the information of the utterance;
generate a second channel between the electronic device and the second electronic device;
maintain the first channel and the second channel so that the second electronic device performs at least one action corresponding to at least one utterance received by the first electronic device while the connection binding is maintained; and
while maintaining the first channel and the second channel:
request the second electronic device to execute the action corresponding to the utterance through the second channel;
receive a result of executing the action corresponding to the utterance from the second electronic device; and
transmit the result of executing the action corresponding to the utterance to the first electronic device.