Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Roni Karassik

Adi L Miller

Danny Avigdor

Adi Diamant

Daniel Avigdor

Karen Master Ben-dor

A response activity pattern may be ascertained from a set of computing devices obtained during a monitoring mode of operation. The monitoring mode of operation can be initiated when a user command is determined to be a new or unknown command. The response activity pattern may be used to generate a response profile indicating an activity to carry out using one or more user devices to perform a task associated with the user command. When an indication of a previously unknown user command to perform a task is received, the generated response profile can be used to perform the designed task by carrying out the activity using the one or more user device. In this way, the activity that should be carried out to perform the task can be learned based on the monitored user activity related to the one or more user devices.

Self-learning digital assistant

Aspects of the technology described herein maintain the privacy of confidential information to be communicated to a user through a computing device. The technology keeps confidential information private by assessing the privacy context of the communication. The privacy context can be determined by determining a privacy level of the information to be communicated and the privacy level of the environment into which the information is to be communicated. The privacy context can be used to select an appropriate communication channel for the information. The privacy context can also be used to determine whether all available content is shared or just a portion of it.

Privacy awareness for personal assistant communications

In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for executing a command by a digital assistant in a group device environment are presented. A plurality of devices with digital assistants may be clustered for the duration of an event. One of the devices of the cluster may be assigned as an arbitrator device for the cluster. A user may issue a verbal command executable by a digital assistant of the cluster. The user that issued the verbal command may be identified via voice analysis. A determination may be made as to whether the verbal command corresponds to an intent to share content with a plurality of members of the cluster, or a specific member of the cluster, and a device of the cluster may be selected for executing a reply to the verbal command based on the determined intent and the executing device's presentation capabilities.

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