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

Claim 0:
1. 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:
determine whether a first utterance received at the first electronic device should be performed at the second electronic device;
in response to determining that the first utterance should be performed at the second electronic device, form a connection binding with the first electronic device and the second electronic device by using one or more channels through the communication module;
maintain the connection binding with the first electronic device and the second electronic device 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
in response to determining that an operation corresponding to the first utterance is completed at the second electronic device, terminate the connection binding with the first electronic device and the second electronic device.