IP Library Granted Patent US 10,241,753
Granted Patent B2
US 10,241,753 · App. 14/741,595 · Granted Mar 26, 2019

Apparatus and method for controlling the apparatus by a user

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Patent No.
US 10,241,753
App. No.
14/741,595
Granted
Mar 26, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus and a method for controlling the same by a user are suggested. The suggested apparatus comprises: a detecting unit for detecting a first event executed by a user in relation to a plurality of devices including the apparatus; a control unit for generating a second event according to the first event detected by the detecting unit; an output unit for presenting the second event to the user, wherein the control unit generates a command for executing the first event on the apparatus as a function of a response of the user to the second event detected by the detecting unit. The suggested apparatus and method are suitable to provide a second event, before executing a command corresponding to a first event from the user, for the user to confirm the intention of the first event.

Claims (29)

1. An apparatus, comprising

a detecting unit for detecting a first event executed by a user in relation to a plurality of devices including the apparatus;

a control unit generating a second event according to the first event detected by the detecting unit, said second event being specific to said apparatus;

an output unit for presenting the second event to the user, wherein

the control unit generates a command for executing the first event on the apparatus as a function of a response of the user to the second event detected by the detecting unit; and

the second event comprises an audio query produced by a speaker and presented with a random delay to confirm the intention to execute the first event on the apparatus.

2. Apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the detecting unit detects the first event in the form of a gesture and/or a voice.

3. Apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first event is a triggering event for initiating an interactivity session between the apparatus and the user.

4. Apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the second event is a verification event for the user to verify an intention to initiate the interactivity session.

5. Apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising the control unit transmits the command to components and relevant devices needed for executing the first event.

6. A method to control an apparatus by a user, comprising, at the level of the apparatus:

receiving a first event executed by the user in relation to a plurality of devices including the apparatus;

generating a second event according to the first event;

presenting the second event to the user; and

executing a command corresponding to the first event on the apparatus, as a function of a response of the user to the second event, wherein

the second event comprises an audio query produced by a speaker and presented with a random delay to confirm the intention to execute the first event on the apparatus.

7. Method according to claim 6 , wherein the first event is in the form of a gesture and/or a voice.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a computer program product comprising program code instructions executable by a processor for implementing the steps of a method according to claim 6 .

9. Method according to claim 6 , wherein the first event is a triggering event for initiating an interactivity session between the apparatus and the user.

10. Method according to claim 9 , wherein the second event is a verification event for the user to verify an intention to initiate the interactivity session.

11. Method according to claim 6 , wherein the step of executing the command comprises transmitting the command to components and relevant devices needed for executing the first event.

12. An apparatus, comprising

a detecting unit detecting a first event executed by a user in relation to a plurality of devices including the apparatus, wherein the first event being a triggering event for initiating an interactivity session between the apparatus and the user;

a control unit generating a second event according to the first event detected by the detecting unit; and

an output unit presenting the second event to the user; wherein

the second event being a verification event for the user to confirm an intention to initiate the interactivity session on the apparatus;

the second event being individual to the apparatus according to the way the apparatus intends to verify the intention of the interactivity initiated by the user;

the control unit generates a command for executing the first event on the apparatus, instead of the other devices among the plurality of devices, as a function of a response of the user to the second event detected by the detecting unit; and

the second event comprises an audio query produced by a speaker and presented with a random delay.

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CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE RECEIVING PARTY NAME FROM INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS TO INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS. PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 47332 FRAME: 511. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Feb 28, 2024
From: THOMSON LICENSING
To: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 26, 2020
From: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS,SAS
To: INTERDIGITAL MADISON PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2018
From: THOMSON LICENSING
To: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2016
From: ALLEAUME, VINCENT; BAILLARD, CAROLINE; JOUET, PIERRICK
To: THOMSON LICENSING
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