Systems and methods for execution of digital assistant

1. A consumer electronics (CE) device, comprising:

at least one processor; and

storage accessible to the at least one processor and bearing instructions executable by the at least one processor to:

execute a digital assistant application communicating over a local area network (LAN);

receive input for the digital assistant application to perform a task;

determine, at the CE device and based on the input, the task indicated in the input;

transmit at least a portion of the input to a remotely-located server different from the CE device;

prior to executing the task, determine whether the CE device has at least a threshold level of confidence in correctly performing the task at the CE device without assistance from the remotely-located server;

while online and responsive to a determination that the CE device has at least the threshold level of confidence in correctly performing the task at the CE device without assistance from the remotely-located server, execute the task at the CE device and using the digital assistant application without receiving a response from the remotely-located server; and

responsive to a determination that the CE device has less than the threshold level of confidence in correctly performing the task at the CE device without assistance from the remotely-located server, wait at least a threshold amount of time for a response from the remotely-located server to receive from the server at least an execution of the task.

2. The CE device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are executable by the at least one processor to:

while waiting for at least a portion of the threshold amount of time, provide audible output from the digital assistant application at the CE device.

3. The CE device of claim 2 , wherein the audible output indicates acknowledgement of the task.

4. The CE device of claim 3 , wherein the audible output indicates, subsequent to acknowledgement of the task, a name of a person.

5. The CE device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are executable by the at least one processor to:

responsive to expiration of the threshold amount of time without receiving a response from the remotely-located server, execute the task at the CE device and using the digital assistant application without receiving a response from the remotely-located server.

6. The CE device of claim 5 , wherein the instructions are executable by the at least one processor to:

responsive to receiving, after the expiration of the threshold amount of time, a response from the remotely-located server that conflicts with a determination regarding the task made by the CE device, issue a correction to the task that was executed at the CE device without receiving the response from the remotely-located server.

7. The CE device of claim 6 , wherein the correction comprises audible output indicating the conflict.

8. The CE device of claim 1 , wherein the threshold amount of time varies based on whether the CE device determines to use the remotely-located server for processing the input.

9. The CE device of claim 1 , wherein the threshold amount of time varies based on a quality of signal for communication between the CE device and remotely-located server.

10. The CE device of claim 1 , wherein whether the CE device determines to use the remotely-located server for processing the input is based on a quality of signal for communication between the CE device and remotely-located server.

11. The CE device of claim 1 , wherein the remotely-located server is a web-based server.

12. The CE device of claim 1 , wherein the input comprises voice input.

13. The CE device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are executable by the at least one processor to:

cache, at the CE device, data predicted to be requested from the digital assistant application.

14. The CE device of claim 13 , wherein the data is predicted to be requested based on a history of previous data requests.

15. The CE device of claim 13 , wherein the caching is at least attempted at predefined intervals.

16. The CE device of claim 13 , wherein the amount of caching performed by the CE device is dependent at least in part on whether cached data will be applied against a data download limit associated with the CE device.

17. A method, comprising:

executing a digital assistant application communicating over a network;

receiving input for the digital assistant application to perform a task;

determining, at a device and based on the input, the task indicated in the input;

transmitting at least a portion of the input to a remotely-located server different from the device;

prior to executing the task, determining whether the device has at least a threshold level of confidence in correctly performing the task at the device without assistance from the remotely-located server;

while online and responsive to determining that the device has at least the threshold level of confidence in correctly performing the task at the device without assistance from the remotely-located server, executing the task at the device and using the digital assistant application without receiving a response from the remotely-located server; and

responsive to determining that the device has less than the threshold level of confidence in correctly performing the task at the device without assistance from the remotely-located server, waiting at least a threshold amount of time for a response from the remotely-located server to receive from the server an execution of the task.

18. The method of claim 17 , comprising:

responsive to receiving, after the expiration of the threshold amount of time, a response from the remotely-located server that conflicts with a determination regarding the task made by the CE device, issuing a correction to the task that was executed at the CE device without receiving the response from the remotely-located server.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein the threshold amount of time varies based on a quality of signal for communication between the CE device and remotely-located server.

20. At least one computer readable storage medium that is not a transitory signal, the computer readable storage medium comprising instructions executable by at least one processor to:

execute a digital assistant application communicating over a network;

receive input for the digital assistant application to perform a task;

determine, at a device and based on the input, the task indicated in the input;

transmit at least a portion of the input to a remotely-located server different from the device;

prior to executing the task, determine whether the device has at least a threshold level of confidence in correctly performing the task at the device without assistance from the remotely-located server;

while online and responsive to a determination that the device has at least the threshold level of confidence in correctly performing the task at the device without assistance from the remotely-located server, execute the task at the device and using the digital assistant application without receiving a response from the remotely-located server; and

responsive to a determination that the device has less than the threshold level of confidence in correctly performing the task at the device without assistance from the remotely-located server, wait at least a threshold amount of time for a response from the remotely-located server to receive from the server an execution of the task.