Digital Assistant Audio Improver Blacklist Filtering
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Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing presence of IoT-enabled devices and digital assistants in various environments leads to challenges in differentiating between user-issued commands and commands from nearby media devices, such as TVs, which can result in undesirable actions when commands are triggered during commercials or other media content.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for selectively blacklisting audio commands, where a digital assistant audio improver program uses a blacklist database to identify and ignore commands during commercial times or from specific media sources, preventing IoT devices from executing unwanted actions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If digital assistants continuously listen for and respond to voice commands in IoT environments, then user interaction convenience is improved, but false triggering from media device commands increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a blacklist database as an intermediary component between the voice command recognition system and the command execution system. This database stores known media device commands and acts as a filter, allowing the digital assistant to maintain continuous listening capability while reliably distinguishing between user commands and media-generated commands by checking against the blacklist before execution.
2Speed
If digital assistants respond to all detected voice commands, then responsiveness is improved, but unwanted actions from commercial content increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-populating a blacklist database with known commands from media content such as commercials. Before executing any detected voice command, the system performs a preliminary check against this blacklist, allowing it to maintain fast responsiveness to legitimate user commands while preventing unwanted actions from media content through pre-established filtering rules.
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AI summary
A method, computer system, and a computer program product for selectively blacklisting audio commands is provided. The present invention may include observing an audible command received by an IoT (Internet of Things) enabled device, wherein the observed audible command appears in a blacklist database. The present invention may also include blacklisting the observed audible command.