Intelligent assistant and method for controlling same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025238003-A1
Application number	US-202519172594-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 7, 2025
Priority date	Oct 18, 2022
Publication date	Jul 24, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an intelligent assistant and a method for controlling same. A method according to one embodiment comprises: an operation of determining an execution function to be performed by a user device and a type of automation process for performing the execution function, on the basis of automation reference information; an operation of transmitting at least one of a control command and a function suggestion message to one or more user devices on the basis of the type of the automation process; and an operation of receiving a response to at least one of the control command and the function suggestion message, and updating the automation reference information on the basis of attributes of the received response.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for controlling a user device by an intelligent assistant, the method comprising:
determining an execution function to be performed by the user device and a type of an automation process for performing the execution function based on automation reference information; transmitting at least one of a control command and a function suggestion message to at least one user device based on the type of the automation process; and receiving a response to at least one of the control command and the function suggestion message and updating the automation reference information based on an attribute of the received response, wherein responsive to the type of the automation process being determined as a first type, the control command is defined as a first control command, and the first control command includes one or more instructions controlling the user device to execute the execution function, wherein responsive to the type of the automation process being determined as a second type, the control command is defined as a second control command, and the second control command includes one or more instructions controlling the user device to execute the execution function in response to an elapse of a predefined time, and wherein responsive to the type of the automation process being determined as a third type, the control command is defined as a third control command, and the third control command includes one or more instructions controlling the user device to execute the execution function in response to a user input.

2 . The method of claim 1 , comprising transmitting a guide message to a remote control device connected to the user device through a network based on the type of the automation process being determined as the first type,
wherein the guide message includes text information associated with execution of the execution function.

3 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:
activating a first feedback window for a predefined time based on the type of the automation process being determined as the first type; and decreasing a feedback value constituting the automation reference information based on a negative response being received from the user device while the first feedback window is activated.

4 . The method of claim 1 , comprising transmitting a function suggestion message of the first type together with the second control command to at least one of the user device and a remote control device based on the type of the automation process being determined as the second type,
wherein the function suggestion message of the first type includes text information predicting execution of the execution function.

5 . The method of claim 4 , comprising
activating a second feedback window for a predefined time based on the type of the automation process being determined as the second type; and while the second feedback window is activated, increasing a feedback value constituting the automation reference information based on receiving a positive response from any one of the user device and the remote control device, decreasing the feedback value constituting the automation reference information based on receiving a negative response from any one of the user device and the remote control device, and maintaining the feedback value constituting the automation reference information based on receiving a neutral response from any one of the user device and the remote control device.

6 . The method of claim 5 , comprising transmitting the first control command to enable the user device to perform the execution function based on receiving the positive response from the remote control device.

7 . The method of claim 1 , comprising transmitting a function suggestion message of the second type together with the third control command to at least one of the user device and a remote control device based on the type of the automation process being determined as the third type,
wherein the function suggestion message of the second type includes a query for execution of the execution function.

8 . The method of claim 7 , comprising:
activating a third feedback window for a predefined time based on the type of the automation process being determined as the third type; and while the third feedback window is activated, increasing a feedback value constituting the automation reference information based on receiving a positive response from any one of the user device and the remote control device, and decreasing the feedback value constituting the automation reference information based on receiving a negative response from any one of the user device and the remote control device.

9 . The method of claim 7 , comprising transmitting the first control command to enable the user device to perform the execution function based on receiving the positive response from the remote control device.

10 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the third control command includes one or more instructions controlling the user device to output text information constituting the function suggestion message of the second type as a voice.

11 . The method of claim 10 , comprising determining a speech pattern of the voice output based on the automation reference information,
wherein the speech pattern includes at least one of a frequency, a pitch, an utterance time, an utterance speed, an inter-phrase time width, or an inter-word time width.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein as a recommendation degree of the automation reference information decreases, at least one of the inter-phrase time width or the inter-word time width increases.

13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein as a recommendation degree of the automation reference information increases, the speech pattern is composed of a downward intonation.

14 . The method of claim 11 , wherein as a recommendation degree of the automation reference information decreases, the speech pattern is composed of an upward intonation.

15 . An intelligent assistant, comprising:
a transceiver; a processor connected electrically to the transceiver; and a memory connected electrically to the processor and configured to store instructions executable by the processor, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the intelligent assistant to: determine an execution function to be performed by a user device and a type of an automation process for performing the execution function based on automation reference information; transmit at least one of a control command and a function suggestion message to at least one user device based on the type of the automation process; and receive a response to at least one of the control command and the function suggestion message and updating the automation reference information based on an attribute of the received response, wherein responsive to the type of the automation process being determined as a first type, the control command is defined as a first control command, and the first control command includes one or more instructions controlling the user device to execute the execution function, wherein responsive to the type of the automation process being determined as a second type, the control command is defined as a second control command, and the second control command includes one or more instructions controlling the user device to execute the execution function in response to an elapse of a predefined time, and wherein responsive to the type of the automation process being determined as a third type, the control command is defined as a third control command, and the third control command includes one

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Choi Seunghwan
• Kim Yoonsu
• Kim Hyunjin
• Park Haeyoon

Classifications

• G05B13/0265 Primary

  the criterion being a learning criterion · CPC title

• G10L2015/225

  Feedback of the input speech · CPC title

• G10L2015/223

  Execution procedure of a spoken command · CPC title

• G06F3/16

  Sound input; Sound output (speech processing G10L) · CPC title

• G10L15/26

  Speech to text systems (G10L15/08 takes precedence) · CPC title