Spoken dialogue technology: enabling the conversational user interface

MF McTear - ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), 2002 - dl.acm.org
Spoken dialogue systems allow users to interact with computer-based applications such as
databases and expert systems by using natural spoken language. The origins of spoken …

Conversational interfaces: Advances and challenges

VW Zue, JR Glass - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2000 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The past decade has witnessed the emergence of a new breed of human-computer
interfaces that combines several human language technologies to enable humans to …

Intelligent automated assistant

TR Gruber, AJ Cheyer, D Keen - US Patent 10,276,170, 2019 - 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 …

Using context information to facilitate processing of commands in a virtual assistant

TR Gruber, CD Brigham, DS Keen, G Novick… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
A virtual assistant uses context information to supplement natural language or gestural input
from a user. Context helps to clarify the user's intent and to reduce the number of candidate …

Crowd sourcing information to fulfill user requests

TR Gruber, AJ Cheyer, DW Pitschel - US Patent 9,280,610, 2016 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A user request is received from a mobile client device, where the user
request includes at least a speech input and seeks an informational answer or performance …

Intelligent automated assistant

TR Gruber, AJ Cheyer, D Kittlaus, DR Guzzoni… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
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Device access using voice authentication

AJ Cheyer - US Patent 9,262,612, 2016 - Google Patents
CPC. G06F 21/32: G06F 21/31; G06Q 20/4014.5;(57) ABSTRACT H04M 1/66; HO4M
2203/6045 A device can be configured to receive speech input from a USPC …

Interface for a virtual digital assistant

SO Lemay, AF Sabatelli, FA Anzures… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
2015-07-17 Assigned to APPLE INC. reassignment APPLE INC. ASSIGNMENT OF
ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: SABATELLI …

Intelligent automated assistant

TR Gruber, AJ Cheyer, D Kittlaus, DR Guzzoni… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
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Prioritizing selection criteria by automated assistant

TR Gruber, AJ Cheyer, DR Guzzoni… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
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