Intelligent device arbitration and control

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

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 …

Intelligent automated assistant for media exploration

RM Orr, MP Bernardo, DJ Mandel - US Patent 10,049,663, 2018 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant to explore
media items are provided. In one example process, a speech input representing a request …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Context interpretation in natural language processing using previous dialog acts

G Di Fabbrizio, SS Bharathi, Y Shi… - US Patent 10,726,831, 2020 - Google Patents
Features are disclosed for processing and interpreting natural language, such as
interpretations of user utterances, in multi-turn dialog interactions. Context information …

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 …

User-specific acoustic models

M Paulik, HG Mason, JA Skinder - US Patent 10,410,637, 2019 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and processes for providing user-specific acoustic models are provided. In
accordance with one example, a method includes, at an electronic device having one or …