Patent ID: 11875801
Assignee: B&W GROUP LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 8:
9. A method of controlling a plurality of playback devices, each playback device in the plurality of playback devices being configured to detect voice commands from a plurality of users and to play content,
the method comprising:
storing a plurality of account conversation states, each account conversation state being associated with an account shared by the plurality of playback devices, wherein account conversation states comprise information relating to previous interactions between users from among the plurality of users and the plurality of playback devices;
in response to a voice command from a user from among the plurality of users being detected by at least one playback device from among the plurality of playback devices, performing voice recognition on the detected voice command to identify a user from among the plurality of users;
determining an account conversation state associated with the identified user; and
controlling playback of the at least one playback device from among the plurality of playback devices on the basis of the determined account conversation state.