Apple Inc.

William Caruso

Madhu Chinthakunta

Christopher Brian Fleizach

Timothy S Paek

Garrett L Weinberg

Minwoo Jeong

Heriberto Nieto

Keith P Avery

Brandt M Westing

Jamil Dhanani

Varun Maudgalya

John M Nefulda

Muhammad Amir Shafiq

Xinze Wang

Xinyi Yan

Eddy Zexin Liang

Viet Huy Le

Michal K Wegrzynski

Rishabh Yadav

Sommer E Panage

Kenneth S Friedman

Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated digital assistant on an electronic device are provided. In particular, this paper describes how the intelligent automated digital assistant can be leveraged with other types of commands to control a household having multiple home automation devices. A portable electronic device is used to provide a user an extended reality environment within which the user can both managed and control the home automation devices.

Home automation device control and designation

The present disclosure generally relates to assigning tasks to various user inputs, and detecting and responding to user inputs. In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to assigning tasks to various user inputs received on a back surface of a device, and detecting and responding to user inputs on the back surface of the device.

User interfaces for assigning and responding to user inputs

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Saratoga, CA, United States of America

William Caruso