Virtual assistant for media playback

RM Orr, DJ Mandel, AJ Sinesio, CJ Barnett - US Patent 11,010,127, 2021 - Google Patents
An exemplary method for identifying media may include receiving user input associated with
a request for media, where that user input includes unstructured natural language speech …

Unconventional virtual assistant interactions

MR Vescovi, TAV GALVEZ, P Karashchuk… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
2016-07-13 Assigned to APPLE INC. reassignment APPLE INC. ASSIGNMENT OF
ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: GRUBER, THOMAS …

Optimizing dialogue policy decisions for digital assistants using implicit feedback

B Thomson, DJ Vandyke, G Frazzingaro… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and processes for optimizing dialogue policy decisions for digital
assistants using implicit feedback are provided. In an example process, a user utterance is …

Hierarchical belief states for digital assistants

B Thomson, A Johannsen, DÓ Séaghdha… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and processes for operating a digital assistant using a hierarchical belief
state are disclosed. In an example process, a user utterance of a dialog is received. A belief …

Context-aware ranking of intelligent response suggestions

A Patel, JR Bellegarda - US Patent 10,417,266, 2019 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant to provide a
set of predicted responses are provided. An example method includes, at an electronic …

Device access using voice authentication

AJ Cheyer - US Patent 10,417,405, 2019 - Google Patents
A device can be configured to receive speech input from a user. The speech input can
include a command for accessing a restricted feature of the device. The speech input can be …

Virtual assistant aided communication with 3rd party service in a communication session

MK Sanghavi, JP Schwerdtfeger - US Patent 10,356,243, 2019 - Google Patents
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for
utilizing a virtual assistant to assist a user with a communication session between the user …

Emoji word sense disambiguation

JR Bellegarda, B Barman - US Patent 10,311,144, 2019 - Google Patents
The present disclosure generally relates to systems and processes for emoji word sense
disambiguation. In one example process, a word sequence is received. A word-level feature …

Accelerated task performance

CD Irani, O Alabi, K Albert, I Kawashima… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and processes for accelerating task performance are provided. An
example method includes, at an electronic device including a display and one or more input …

Feedback analysis of a digital assistant

G Frazzingaro, A Garg, B Thomson, A Kumar… - US Patent …, 2022 - Google Patents
2018-01-24 Assigned to APPLE INC. reassignment APPLE INC. ASSIGNMENT OF
ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: THOMSON, BLAISE …