Patent ID: 9514752
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: G06F,G10L

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, by a first computing device that (i) is in sleep mode and (ii) is configured to disable the sleep mode and respond to voice commands upon receipt of a particular, predefined hotword, audio data that corresponds to an utterance of a voice command that is preceded by the particular, predefined hotword; while the first computing device remains in the sleep mode, and in response to receiving the audio data that corresponds to the utterance of a voice command that is preceded by the particular, predefined hotword, transmitting a message by the first computing device to a second computing device that (i) is in short-range electronic communication with the first computing device, and (ii) is also configured to respond to voice commands that are preceded by the particular, predefined hotword; and determining, by the first computing device, to remain in the sleep mode and not respond to the voice command despite receiving the audio data that corresponds to the utterance of the voice command that is preceded by the particular predefined hotword, based at least on transmitting the message.