Speculative task flow execution

AR Raux, J Leach - US Patent 11,984,124, 2024 - Google Patents
An example process includes: receiving a natural language input having a start time and
including first and second portions respectively received from the start time to a first time and …

Generating multi-perspective responses by assistant systems

E Koukoumidis, MR Hanson, R Subba… - US Patent …, 2022 - Google Patents
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a user query from a client system
associated with a first user, determining a plurality of dialog-intents, each being asso ciated …

Predictive injection of conversation fillers for assistant systems

E Koukoumidis, MR Hanson, MM Agsen - US Patent 11,245,646, 2022 - Google Patents
6,665,640 B1 6,901,364 B2 6,968,333 B2 6,990,513 B2 7,069,215 B1 7,080,004 B2
7,124,123 B1 7,158,678 B2 7,397,912 B2 7,467,087 B1 7,624,007 B2 7,702,508 B2 …

Techniques for incremental computer-based natural language understanding

EV Doggett, A Modi, N Nocon - US Patent 11,749,265, 2023 - Google Patents
Various embodiments disclosed herein provide techniques for performing incremental
natural language understanding on a natural language understanding (NLU) system. The …

Ephemeral content digests for assistant systems

B Nelson, V Natarajan, SCP Mei, W Yang - US Patent 12,198,413, 2025 - Google Patents
In one embodiment, a method includes, by one or more computing systems, receiving, by an
assistant xbot associated with the one or more computing systems, a user request for a …

Processing multimodal user input for assistant systems

V Natarajan, SCP Mei, Z Zuo - US Patent 11,676,220, 2023 - Google Patents
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a user input based on a plurality of
modalities at the client system, wherein at least one of the modalities of the user input is a …

Dialog state tracking for assistant systems

PA Crook, B Liu, R Subba - US Patent 11,368,420, 2022 - Google Patents
In one embodiment, a method includes, by one or more computing systems, receiving, from
a client system, an input in a multi-turn message thread, parsing the input to identify a …

Multiple wake words for systems with multiple smart assistants

X Liu, B Liu, R Subba - US Patent 12,131,523, 2024 - Google Patents
In one embodiment, a method includes by a client system associated with a user, receiving,
at the client system, a user input from the user, parsing, by the client system, the first user …

Active listening for assistant systems

LH Martinson, D Levison, HW Black… - US Patent …, 2024 - Google Patents
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first user input comprising a wake word
associated with an assistant xbot from a first client system, setting the assistant xbot into a …

Task execution based on real-world text detection for assistant systems

EK Santoro, D Savenkov, KHG Goh, K Malik… - US Patent …, 2024 - Google Patents
In one embodiment, a method includes accessing visual signals comprising images
portraying textual content in a real-world environment associated with a first user from a …