Cloud Server Voice Command Routing for Multi-Device Customization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems fail to provide a custom response to a voice command in a multi-voice capable device environment, lacking effective voice trigger management and customized voice identity across multiple devices, which results in a suboptimal user experience.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that utilize a cloud server to receive custom voice response preferences from a user device, identify the intended target device among multiple voice capable devices, and generate a custom response based on these preferences, ensuring each device provides a unique voice output (male or female, and various ages) for a unified user experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple voice capable devices are deployed to provide voice trigger detection, then voice interaction coverage and accessibility are improved, but voice trigger management complexity and device coordination difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a cloud server as an intermediary to manage voice trigger detection across multiple devices. The cloud server receives voice trigger data from multiple voice capable devices, determines which device should handle the voice command, and coordinates the response. This mediator approach resolves the contradiction by centralizing the complex management logic externally, allowing multiple devices to maintain simple local functionality while achieving coordinated system-wide voice interaction coverage.
2Speed
If each device provides independent voice response, then device autonomy and response speed are improved, but voice identity consistency and user experience uniformity deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by having the cloud server pre-determine the target device for voice command processing before the actual voice response is generated. The server analyzes the voice trigger, identifies the appropriate target device based on various criteria, and prepares the response in advance. This allows individual devices to maintain fast local response capabilities while the cloud server ensures voice identity consistency by directing commands to the appropriate device that will provide a unified user experience.
3Adaptability or versatility
If cloud server processes all voice commands centrally, then voice identity management and response customization are improved, but network dependency and processing latency increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the voice processing workflow into distinct segments: local voice trigger detection and initial processing at the device level, and centralized cloud server processing for target device determination and response customization. This segmentation allows time-critical functions to be performed locally with minimal latency, while non-time-critical customization and coordination functions are handled by the cloud server, thereby reducing overall processing latency while maintaining response customization capabilities.
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AI summary
A system and method for providing a custom response to a voice command of a specific user. The method encompasses receiving, at a transceiver unit [102] from a user device, a custom voice response preference setting associated with the specific user. The method thereafter leads to receiving, at the transceiver unit [102] from a first target device, a voice command of the specific user. The method thereafter encompasses generating, by a processing unit [104], a custom response to the voice command of the specific user based at least on the custom voice response preference setting. Further, the method encompasses identifying, by an identification unit [106], a second target device from one or more devices present in vicinity of the specific user. Thereafter, the method comprises providing, by the processing unit [104], the generated custom response to the voice command of the specific user via the second target device.