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 device arbitration and control

K Piersol, RM Orr, DJ Mandel - US Patent 10,942,702, 2021 - Google Patents
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Intelligent device arbitration and control - Google Patents Intelligent device arbitration and …

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 …

Context-aware ranking of intelligent response suggestions

A Patel, JR Bellegarda - US Patent 10,417,266, 2019 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant to provide a
set of predicted responses are provided. An example method includes, at an electronic …

Device access using voice authentication

AJ Cheyer - US Patent 10,417,405, 2019 - Google Patents
A device can be configured to receive speech input from a user. The speech input can
include a command for accessing a restricted feature of the device. The speech input can be …

Intelligent digital assistant in a multi-tasking environment

AD Kudurshian, B Jones, EC Cranfill… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and processes for operating a digital assistant are provided. In one
example, a method includes receiving a first speech input from a user. The method further …

Virtual assistant aided communication with 3rd party service in a communication session

MK Sanghavi, JP Schwerdtfeger - US Patent 10,356,243, 2019 - Google Patents
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for
utilizing a virtual assistant to assist a user with a communication session between the user …

Intelligent automated assistant for media exploration

DC Graham, CD Irani, A Piercy, T Alsina… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are
provided. In accordance with one example, a method includes, at an electronic device with …

Emoji word sense disambiguation

JR Bellegarda, B Barman - US Patent 10,311,144, 2019 - Google Patents
The present disclosure generally relates to systems and processes for emoji word sense
disambiguation. In one example process, a word sequence is received. A word-level feature …

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 …