Patent ID: 11924254
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 26:
27. The first electronic device of claim 19, wherein the first electronic device and the second electronic device share a short distance communication connection, and wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:
in response to detecting the digital assistant trigger, transmitting the first trigger advertisement to the second electronic device via the short distance communication connection;
receiving a third trigger advertisement from the second electronic device via the short distance communication connection, wherein the third trigger advertisement indicates a third time at which the digital assistant trigger ended according to the second electronic device;
after determining whether the second time is within the predetermined time range before the first time, determining whether the third time is within the predetermined time range before the first time; and
in accordance with a determination that the third time is within the predetermined range before the first time, forgoing further processing of the user voice input even if the second time is not within the predetermined time range before the first time.