18991867. SENDING MESSAGES FROM SMART SPEAKERS AND SMART DISPLAYS VIA SMARTPHONES (GOOGLE LLC)
SENDING MESSAGES FROM SMART SPEAKERS AND SMART DISPLAYS VIA SMARTPHONES
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Inventor(s)
Vinh Quoc Ly of Sunnyvale CA US
Ashrith Sheshan of San Jose CA US
SENDING MESSAGES FROM SMART SPEAKERS AND SMART DISPLAYS VIA SMARTPHONES
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18991867 titled 'SENDING MESSAGES FROM SMART SPEAKERS AND SMART DISPLAYS VIA SMARTPHONES
Original Abstract Submitted
Techniques are described herein for using a smart device such as a standalone assistant-centric interactive speaker and/or a standalone assistant-centric interactive display with speaker(s) to send a message using a messaging application on a client device such as a smartphone. A method includes: receiving, by a first device, a request from a first user to send a message to a second user; determining that a messaging application corresponding to the request is unavailable on the first device; and in response to determining that the messaging application corresponding to the request is unavailable on the first device: selecting a second device on which the messaging application corresponding to the request is available; and sending, to the second device, a command that causes the second device to send the message from the first user to the second user using the messaging application on the second device.