Patent Document ID: 8670985
Application ID: 13615418

Base Claim:
1. A method for processing a voice input provided in response to a prompt, comprising: at an electronic device with at least one processor and memory: in response to a user invoking a voice mode, the electronic device providing a sequence of prompts, wherein each prompt is associated with a respective time period of a plurality of time periods; receiving a voice input while a prompt of the sequence of prompts is being provided; identifying a characteristic time associated with the received voice input; identifying a time period of the plurality of time periods that includes the characteristic time; and applying the received voice input to a respective prompt of the sequence of prompts associated with the identified time period.

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Claim 6:
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: determining the relative importance of each prompt; and varying the length of the time period of each prompt based on the determined relative importance of that prompt.