Patent ID: 11869503
Assignee: SONOS, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 16:
17. The method of claim 10, further comprising:
while in the online mode, monitoring, via the local voice assistant, the sound data stream from the one or more microphones for local keywords from the local natural language unit library of the local voice assistant concurrently with monitoring, via the VAS wake-word engine, the sound data stream for one or more VAS wake words;
generating an additional local wake-word event corresponding to a third voice input when the local voice assistant detects sound data matching one or more additional local keywords in a third portion of the sound data stream;
determining, via the local voice assistant, an intent of the third voice input;
selecting, from among the plurality of pre-determined responses, an additional pre determined response, the additional pre-determined response corresponding to the determined intent of the third voice input; and
carrying out the selected additional pre-determined response.