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

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
at a first electronic device participating in a context-sharing group associated with a first location, wherein the context-sharing group is a collection of at least two electronic devices that each share context information with at least one other electronic device participating in the collection, and wherein the collection includes at least a second electronic device and a context collector:
receiving a user voice input, wherein the user voice input includes a digital assistant trigger;
in response to detecting the digital assistant trigger, transmitting a first trigger advertisement to the context collector, wherein the first trigger advertisement indicates a first time at which the digital assistant trigger ended according to the first electronic device;
receiving, from the context collector, a second trigger advertisement, wherein the second trigger advertisement indicates a second time at which the digital assistant trigger ended according to the second electronic device;
determining whether the second time is within a predetermined time range before the first time; and
in accordance with a determination that the second time is within the predetermined time range before the first time, forgoing further processing of the user voice input.