ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,211,507, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to GOOGLE LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Selectively implementing role change requests for auxiliary devices that facilitate assistant interactions" was invented by Max Ohlendorf (Emerald Hills, Calif.), Moses Derkalousdian (San Diego), Michael Kartoz (Surprise, Ariz.), Aleksey Shaporev (Cambridge, Mass.) and Caleb Fujimori (Atherton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implementations relate to role change requests that can be delayed and/or implemented according to circumstances associated with an interaction between a user and an automated assistant. A role change request can cause a designati...