Competing devices responding to voice triggers

BJ Newendorp, ES DiBiase - US Patent 9,721,566, 2017 - 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 …

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 …

System and method for detecting errors in interactions with a voice-based digital assistant

AK Sinha - US Patent 9,633,674, 2017 - 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 …

User profiling for voice input processing

AP Haughay - US Patent 9,633,660, 2017 - Google Patents
The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for processing received
Voice inputs for user iden tification. In an example process, voice input can be pro cessed …

Intelligent automated assistant

TR Gruber, AJ Cheyer, D Kittlaus, DR Guzzoni… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
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44304930&utm_source= google_patent&utm_medium= platform_link&utm_campaign …

Better resolution when referencing to concepts

RD Giuli, NK Treadgold - US Patent 9,633,004, 2017 - Google Patents
Systems and processes for operating a virtual assistant programmed to refer to shared
domain concepts using concept nodes are provided. In some examples, to process a textual …

Context-sensitive handling of interruptions by intelligent digital assistant

M Van Os - US Patent 9,576,574, 2017 - 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 …

Intelligent text-to-speech conversion

CB Fleizach, RD Hudson - US Patent 9,626,955, 2017 - Google Patents
Techniques for improved text-to-speech processing are dis closed. The improved text-to-
speech processing can convert text from an electronic document into an audio output that …

Mobile device having human language translation capability with positional feedback

MM Lee, J Gregg, CG Seguin - US Patent 9,535,906, 2017 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT 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 …

Parsimonious continuous-space phrase representations for natural language processing

JR Bellegarda - US Patent 9,842,105, 2017 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and processes for natural language processing are provided. In
accordance with one example, a method includes, at a first electronic device with one or …