Reducing the need for manual start/end-pointing and trigger phrases

PP Piernot, JG Binder - US Patent 9,715,875, 2017 - Google Patents
Systems and processes for selectively processing and responding to a spoken user input
are provided. In one example, audio input containing a spoken user input can be received at …

Reducing the need for manual start/end-pointing and trigger phrases

PP Piernot, J Binder - US Patent 10,770,073, 2020 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and processes for selectively processing and responding to a spoken user
input are provided. In one example, audio input containing a spoken user input can be …

Reducing the need for manual start/end-pointing and trigger phrases

PP Piernot, J Binder - US Patent 10,373,617, 2019 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and processes for selectively processing and responding to a spoken user
input are provided. In one example, audio input containing a spoken user input can be …

Dynamic thresholds for always listening speech trigger

Y Kim, TR Gruber, J Bridle - US Patent 10,789,041, 2020 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and processes are disclosed for dynamically adjusting a speech trigger
threshold, which can be used in triggering a virtual assistant. Audio input can be received …

Speaker identification and unsupervised speaker adaptation techniques

Y Kim, SS Kajarekar - US Patent 10,127,911, 2018 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and processes for generating a speaker profile for use in performing
speaker identification for a virtual assistant are provided. One example process can include …

Speaker identification and unsupervised speaker adaptation techniques

Y Kim, SS Kajarekar - US Patent 10,438,595, 2019 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and processes for generating a speaker profile for use in performing
speaker identification for a virtual assistant are provided. One example process can include …

Real-time digital assistant knowledge updates

PM Lister, RM Orr, JA Crawford - US Patent 10,659,851, 2020 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and processes are disclosed for real-time updating of virtual assistant
media knowledge. Virtual assistant knowledge can be updated with timely information …

Intelligent assistant for home automation

RM Orr, GR Nell, BL Brumbaugh - US Patent 10,170,123, 2019 - Google Patents
(Continued) Primary Examiner—Qian Yang (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Dentons US LLP
ABSTRACT This relates to systems and processes for using a virtual assistant to control …

Reducing response latency of intelligent automated assistants

MR Sumner, ES DiBiase - US Patent 11,231,904, 2022 - Google Patents
Systems and processes for reducing response latency of intelligent automated assistants
are provided. In one example process, a speech input containing a user request can be …

Domain specific language for encoding assistant dialog

HJ Saddler, N Zeitlin - US Patent 10,289,433, 2019 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and processes for generating output dialogs for virtual assistants are
provided. An output dialog can be generated from multiple output segments that can each …