User profiling for voice input processing

AP Haughay - US Patent 10,049,675, 2018 - Google Patents
This is directed to processing voice inputs received by an electronic device. In particular, this
is directed to receiving a voice input and identifying the user providing the voice input. The …

Intelligent device user interactions

E Finkelstein, GL Caldwell - US Patent 11,100,384, 2021 - Google Patents
Intelligent assistant devices and methods for interacting with a user are disclosed. In some
examples, a method for interacting with a user comprises predicting suggested action (s) for …

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 …

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 digital assistant system

E Finkelstein, HYM Fung, O Solomon… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
To address the issues of handling conversations with mul tiple users, an intelligent digital
assistant system is provided. The system may include at least one microphone configured to …

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 …

Multiple pass automatic speech recognition methods and apparatus

MNA Georges, S Kanthak - US Patent 9,940,927, 2018 - Google Patents
In some aspects, a method of recognizing speech that comprises natural language and at
least one word specified in at least one domain-specific vocabulary is provided. The method …