Context-aware query recognition for electronic devices

Abstract

A method for context-aware query recognition in an electronic device includes receiving user speech from an input device. A speech signal is generated from the user speech. It is determined if the speech signal includes an action to be performed and if the electronic device is the intended recipient of the user speech. If the recognized speech signal include the action and the intended recipient of the user speech is the electronic device, a command is generated for the electronic device to perform the action.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An electronic device to execute a context-aware query recognition, the device comprising:
 an input device to receive user speech;   memory to store instructions for performing a context-aware query; and   a controller, coupled to the memory and the input device, to generate a speech signal in response to the user speech, determine if the speech signal comprises an action to be performed, determine an intended recipient of the user speech, and if the speech signal comprises the action and the intended recipient of the user speech is the electronic device, generate a command for the electronic device to perform the action, wherein the user speech and the speech signal do not include a wake-up phrase.