Sri International

Neil Yorke-Smith

Bart Peintner

Gokhan Tur

William Scott Mark

Horacio E Franco

Michael John Wolverton

Necip Fazil Ayan

Girish Acharya

Regis Vincent

Wen Wang

Andreas Kathol

Venkatarama Satyanarayana Parimi

Osher Yadgar

Norman D Winarsky

Andreas Stolcke

Elizabeth E Shriberg

Gregory Kent Myers

Harry Bratt

Martin Graciarena

Melinda Gervasio

Luciana Ferrer

Adam John Cheyer

Kenneth C Nitz

Thierry Donneau-Golencer

Karen L Myers

Thomas J Lee

Steven Mark Eker

Hung H Bui

Stephen L Hardt

Mei Marker

Daniel Elenius

Leslie Pound

Eric Yeh

Shahin Saadati

Pauline M Berry

David Morley

Janet Murdock

A method for assisting a user with one or more desired tasks is disclosed. For example, an executable, generic language understanding module and an executable, generic task reasoning module are provided for execution in the computer processing system. A set of run-time specifications is provided to the generic language understanding module and the generic task reasoning module, comprising one or more models specific to a domain. A language input is then received from a user, an intention of the user is determined with respect to one or more desired tasks, and the user is assisted with the one or more desired tasks, in accordance with the intention of the user.

Generic virtual personal assistant platform

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for exploiting human feedback in an intelligent automated assistant. One embodiment of a method for conducting an interaction with a human user includes inferring an intent from data entered by the human user, formulating a response in accordance with the intent, receiving feedback from a human advisor in response to at least one of the inferring and the formulating, wherein the human advisor is a person other than the human user, and adapting at least one model used in at least one of the inferring and the formulating, wherein the adapting is based on the feedback.

Method and apparatus for exploiting human feedback in an intelligent automated assistant

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for tailoring the output of an intelligent automated assistant. One embodiment of a method for conducting an interaction with a human user includes collecting data about the user using a multimodal set of sensors positioned in a vicinity of the user, making a set of inferences about the user in accordance with the data, and tailoring an output to be delivered to the user in accordance with the set of inferences.

Method and apparatus for tailoring the output of an intelligent automated assistant to a user

The present invention relates to an electronic assistant. In one embodiment, a system for processing data on a computing device includes at least one extractor for extracting data from an email to produce extracted data, a user model for generating a high-level model of an email environment on the computing device, based on the extracted data, and at least one predictor for generating a prediction related to the email, based on the extracted data and on the high-level model. In another embodiment, a system for scheduling an event includes an extractor for extracting constraints from a request for the event, a user model for receiving and storing scheduling preferences from a user, and a predictor coupled to the extractor and to the user model, for generating a candidate schedule for the event in accordance with the constraints and the scheduling preferences.

Electronic assistant for making predictions based on user messages

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for assisting with automated task management. In one embodiment, an apparatus for assisting a user in the execution of a task, where the task includes one or more workflows required to accomplish a goal defined by the user, includes a task learner for creating new workflows from user demonstrations, a workflow tracker for identifying and tracking the progress of a current workflow executing on a machine used by the user, a task assistance processor coupled to the workflow tracker, for generating a suggestion based on the progress of the current workflow, and a task executor coupled to the task assistance processor, for manipulating an application on the machine used by the user to carry out the suggestion.

Method and apparatus for automated assistance with task management

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