Patent Document ID: 9721587
Application ID: 13749392

Base Claim:
1. On a computing device, a method of providing user feedback for a speech recognition system, the method comprising: displaying a graphical feedback indicator with an appearance that indicates the speech recognition system is in a passive listening mode; receiving a triggering input; in response to the triggering input, modifying an appearance of the graphical feedback indicator to have an appearance that indicates the speech recognition system is in an active listening mode; while in the active listening mode, receiving a speech input; when the speech recognition system understands the speech input, modifying the appearance of the graphical feedback indicator to have an appearance that indicates that the speech input is understood by the system, determining a location of a user providing the speech input, and modifying the appearance of the graphical feedback indicator to indicate the location of the user by adjusting a location of a volume indicator in a direction corresponding to the location of the user, the volume indicator comprising a ring-shaped portion of the indicator having a bar that represents a volume, wherein adjusting a location indicator comprises moving the bar to a side corresponding to the location of the user providing the speech input; and when the speech recognition system does not understand the speech input, then modifying the appearance of the graphical feedback indicator in a different manner to have an appearance that indicates the speech input is not understood by the system.

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Claim 2:
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining the volume of the speech input and modifying a length of the volume indicator to indicate the volume.