Voice control of a media playback system

JP Lang, M Plagge, S Jarvis, R Kadri… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Multiple aspects of systems and methods for voice control and related features and
functionality for various embodiments of media playback devices, networked microphone …

Systems and methods of multiple voice services

K Hartung, D Giacobello - US Patent 11,183,181, 2021 - Google Patents
Disclosed herein are example techniques to identify a voice service to process a voice input.
An example implementation may involve a network microphone device (NMD) receiving, via …

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 …

Voice control of a media playback system

NAJ Millington, K Corbin, M Plagge - US Patent 9,947,316, 2018 - Google Patents
A voice input comprising a command word, one or more media variable instances, and one
or more zone variable instances is received. A media playback system command which …

Intelligent device arbitration and control

K Piersol, RM Orr, DJ Mandel - US Patent 10,942,702, 2021 - Google Patents
US10942702B2 - Intelligent device arbitration and control - Google Patents US10942702B2 -
Intelligent device arbitration and control - Google Patents Intelligent device arbitration and …

Multiple voice services

D Wilberding - US Patent 10,115,400, 2018 - Google Patents
Disclosed herein are example techniques to identify a voice service to process a voice input.
An example implementation may involve an NMD receiving, via a microphone, voice data …

Virtual assistant continuity

MR Sumner, ES DiBiase, BS Phipps - US Patent 10,567,477, 2020 - Google Patents
G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of
being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing …

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 …

Intelligent automated assistant

HJ Saddler, AT Piercy, GL Weinberg… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and processes for operating an automated assistant are disclosed. In one
example process, an electronic device provides an audio output via a speaker of the …

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 …