Method and system for operating a multi-function portable electronic device using voice-activation

D Freeman, DB Barrentine - US Patent 10,568,032, 2020 - Google Patents
Methods and systems in which a portable electronic device can be voice activated are
disclosed. The portable electronic device can be a multi-function electronic device. The …

Method and apparatus for discovering trending terms in speech requests

M Paulik, G Evermann, LS Gillick - US Patent 10,431,204, 2019 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and processes are disclosed for discovering trending terms in automatic
speech recognition. Candidate terms (eg, words, phrases, etc.) not yet found in a speech …

System and method for user-specified pronunciation of words for speech synthesis and recognition

DK Naik, TR Gruber, L Weiner, JG Binder… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
The method is performed at an electronic device with one or more processors and memory
storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors. A first speech …

Assist Features For Content Display Device

QC Hoellwarth - US Patent App. 12/683,397, 2011 - Google Patents
(73) Assignee: APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US) Some examples can include presenting
augmented text from an electronic book in a user-interface, the user-interface dis (21) Appl …

Name recognition system

DK Naik - US Patent 10,079,014, 2018 - Google Patents
A speech recognition system uses, in one embodiment, an extended phonetic dictionary that
is obtained by processing words in a user's set of databases, such as a user's contacts …

Multi-command single utterance input method

TR Gruber, HJ Saddler, JR Bellegarda… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and processes are disclosed for handling a multi-part voice command for a
virtual assistant. Speech input can be received from a user that includes multiple actionable …

Parsimonious handling of word inflection via categorical stem+ suffix N-gram language models

JR Bellegarda, S Yaman - US Patent 9,886,432, 2018 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and processes are disclosed for predicting words using a categorical stem
and suffix word n-gram language model. A word prediction includes determining a stem …

Mobile device having human language translation capability with positional feedback

MM Lee, J Gregg, CG Seguin - US Patent 10,108,612, 2018 - Google Patents
A mobile electronic device has a touch sensitive screen and an accelerometer. A translator
is to translate a word or phrase that is in a first human language and that is entered via a first …

Intelligent automated assistant

HJ Saddler, AT Piercy, GL Weinberg… - US Patent …, 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 …

Voice-based media searching

S Badaskar - US Patent 9,971,774, 2018 - Google Patents
Methods and systems for searching for media items using a voice-based digital assistant are
described. Natural language text strings corresponding to search queries are provided. The …