Apple Inc.

Garrett L Weinberg

Richard R Dellinger

Craig Michael Federighi

Emily Clark Schubert

Matthew Elliot Shepherd

Todd Blocksom

Harry Joseph Saddler

Aimee Piercy

Susan L Booker

Andre M J Boule

Philippe P Piernot

Jessica J Peck

Sreeneel K Maddika

Chaitanya Mannemala

Andre M Boule

Lynn I Streja

Srikanth Vishnubhotla

Ahmed Serag El Din Hussen Abdelaziz

Murali Krishnan

Madhu Chinthakunta

David Chance Graham

Thomas M Alsina

Pedro Mari

Christopher Brian Fleizach

Timothy S Paek

Cyrus Daniel Irani

Hugo D Verweij

Russell Y Webb

Didier Rene Guzzoni

James Nicholas Jones

German Bauer

Mitchell R Lerner

Jonathan H Russell

Brad Kenneth Herman

Nicholas Elia Apostoloff

Minwoo Jeong

Keith P Avery

Heriberto Nieto

Niranjan Manjunath

Barry-John Theobald

Brandt M Westing

Shiraz Akmal

Jamil Dhanani

Lily Shuting Zhang

Sophie Lebrecht

Ping Wen Ong

Daniel A Castellani

Felicia W Edwards

Varun Maudgalya

St John W Colon

Viraaj M Marathe

Stephen G Garcia

Muhammad Amir Shafiq

John M Nefulda

Xinyi Yan

Michal K Wegrzynski

Viet Huy Le

Katherine Elaine Metcalf

William Caruso

Rishabh Yadav

Rae L Lasko

Sommer E Panage

Kenneth S Friedman

Keith C Strickling

Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. For example, a first speech input directed to a digital assistant is received from a user. A first response is provided based on the first speech input. A session window is initiated, wherein the session window is associated with a variable speech threshold. A second speech input is received during the session window. In accordance with a determination that the second speech input includes speech directed to the digital assistant, a duration associated with the session window is increased. In accordance with a determination that the variable speech threshold does not exceed a predetermined speech threshold, the session window is ended.

Continuous dialog with a digital assistant

Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. In one example process, a first input including activation of an affordance is received. A domain associated with the affordance is determined. A second input including user speech is received, where a user intent is determined based on the domain and the user speech. A determination is made whether the user intent includes a command associated with the affordance. In accordance with a determination that the user intent includes a command associated with the affordance, a task in furtherance of the command is performed.

Multi-modal inputs for voice commands

Devices and methods for invoking digital assistants are provided. An example method includes displaying, on a display, a virtual reality ('VR') environment, wherein the VR environment includes a first avatar representing a domain-specific digital assistant, and wherein the domain-specific digital assistant corresponds to a first domain; and while displaying the first avatar within the VR environment: receiving a user voice input; determining whether the user voice input represents an intent to invoke the domain-specific digital assistant or an intent to invoke a second digital assistant; and in accordance with a determination that the user voice input represents an intent to invoke the second digital assistant: invoking the second digital assistant; determining, based on the user voice input, a first digital assistant response using the second digital assistant; and outputting, via a speaker, the first digital assistant response.

Devices and methods for invoking digital assistants

In some embodiments, a computer system facilitates user input for sending a quick message to a respective user based on speech input provided by a user of the computer system in the three-dimensional environment. In some embodiments, a computer system facilitates user input for sending an audio message including an animated representation of the user of the computer system to a respective user based on speech input provided by the user.

Methods for quick message response and dictation in a three-dimensional environment

Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. For example, a first speech input is received from a user. In response to receiving the first speech input, a response is provided. A first output is provided corresponding to a digital assistant in a first state, and a second speech input is received from the user. A first plurality of values is obtained. Based on the first plurality of values, a first confidence level corresponding to the second speech input is obtained. In accordance with a determination that the first confidence level exceeds a first threshold confidence level, a second output is provided corresponding to the digital assistant in a second state. The second speech input continues to be received.

Multiple state digital assistant for continuous dialog

An example process includes while an electronic device is engaged in a communication session with external device(s): receiving, from a first user of the electronic device, input to invoke a first digital assistant; receiving, from the first user, a natural language input corresponding to a task; in accordance with invoking the first digital assistant, generating, by the first digital assistant, a prompt for further user input about the task; transmitting, to the external device(s), the prompt for further user input about the task; after transmitting the prompt for further user input, receiving, from an external device of the external device(s), a response to the prompt for further user input; initiating, by the first digital assistant, based on the response and information corresponding to the first user stored on the electronic device, the task; and transmitting, to the external device(s), an output indicative of the initiated task.

Digital assistant interaction in a communication session

The present disclosure generally relates to implementing an operational safety mode that manages the output of notifications at an electronic device when a user of the device is operating a vehicle.

Operational safety mode

Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. In one example process, a spoken user input, including at least a spoken message and an identity of an intended recipient, is received. After storing the spoken message and the recipient identity, if a user becomes proximate to a first electronic device and the identity of the user is determined to match the recipient identity, the spoken message is provided to the user at the first electronic device.

Intelligent message delivery

An example process includes: receiving a first natural language input; initiating, by a digital assistant operating on the electronic device, a first task based on the first natural language input; determining whether the first task is of a predetermined type; and in accordance with a determination that the first task is of a predetermined type: determining whether one or more criteria are satisfied; and providing a response to the first natural language input, where providing the response includes: in accordance with a determination that the one or more criteria are not satisfied, outputting a first sound indicative of the initiated first task and a first verbal response indicative of the initiated first task; and in accordance with a determination that the one or more criteria are satisfied, outputting the first sound without outputting the first verbal response.

Sonic responses

A method includes obtaining user input interaction data. The user input interaction data includes one or more user interaction input values respectively obtained from the corresponding one or more input devices. The user input interaction data includes a word combination. The method includes generating a user interaction-style indicator value corresponding to the word combination in the user input interaction data. The user interaction-style indicator value is a function of the word combination and a portion of the one or more user interaction input values. The method includes determining, using a semantic text analyzer, a semantic assessment of the word combination in the user input interaction data based on the user interaction-style indicator value and a natural language assessment of the word combination. The method includes generating a response to the user input interaction data according to the user interaction-style indicator value and the semantic assessment of the word combination.

Generating responses to user interaction data based on user interaction-styles

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Garrett L Weinberg