Voice control of a media playback system

JP Lang, M Plagge, S Jarvis, R Kadri… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Multiple aspects of systems and methods for voice control and related features and
functionality for various embodiments of media playback devices, networked microphone …

Speaker recognition

G Evermann, DR McAllaster - US Patent App. 15/163,392, 2017 - Google Patents
Publication Classificati O SSCO acoustic properties associated with the user, invoke a virtual
(51) Int. Cl. assistant; and in accordance with a determination that either GIOL 7/24(2006.01) …

Intelligent device arbitration and control

KW Piersol, RM Orr, DJ Mandel - US Patent 10,089,072, 2018 - Google Patents
This relates to systems and processes for using a virtual assistant to arbitrate among and/or
control electronic devices. In one example process, a first electronic device samples an …

Intelligent automated assistant for TV user interactions

M Van Os, HJ Saddler, LT Napolitano… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
2015-03-25 Assigned to APPLE INC. reassignment APPLE INC. ASSIGNMENT OF
ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: NAPOLITANO, LIA …

Digital assistant providing whispered speech

TJ Raitio, MJ Hunt, HB Richards… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
2016-10-25 Assigned to APPLE INC. reassignment APPLE INC. ASSIGNMENT OF
ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: HUNT, MELVYN J …

Intelligent automated assistant in a messaging environment

P Karashchuk, TAV GALVEZ, TR Gruber - US Patent 10,691,473, 2020 - Google Patents
H04L51/02—User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to
store-and-forward or real-time protocols, eg e-mail using automatic reactions or user …

Virtual assistant activation

SO Lemay, BJ Newendorp, JR Dascola - US Patent 9,886,953, 2018 - Google Patents
At an electronic device with a display, a microphone, and an input device: while the display
is on, receiving user input via the input device, the user input meeting a predetermined …

Extending digital personal assistant action providers

VS Kannan, A Uzelac, DJ Hwang… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
An electronic device can receive user input via voice or text that includes tasks to be
performed. A digital personal assistant infrastructure service can control to which regis tered …

Systems and methods of multiple voice services

K Hartung, D Giacobello - US Patent 11,183,181, 2021 - Google Patents
Disclosed herein are example techniques to identify a voice service to process a voice input.
An example implementation may involve a network microphone device (NMD) receiving, via …

Adaptive virtual intelligent agent

J London - US Patent 9,189,742, 2015 - Google Patents
Embodiments of an adaptive virtual intelligent agent (“AVIA”) service are disclosed. It may
include the functions of a human administrative assistant for an enterprise including …