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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 17, 2018
Applicant:

Nuance Communications, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);

Inventors:

Patrick S. Wood, Raleigh, NC (US);

Andrew J. Braun, Cary, NC (US);

Assignee:

Nuance Communications, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G10L 15/18 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 15/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/54 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G06Q 10/101 (2013.01); G06Q 10/103 (2013.01); G10L 15/1815 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 15/26 (2013.01);
Abstract

Devices and systems supporting more than one Virtual Assistant (VA) are able to initiate and collaborate with multiple virtual assistants within the same session and at the same time. This system allows application specific virtual assistants to register and listen for intents from a general purpose virtual assistant. When the general purpose virtual assistant raises an intent, control can be passed to an interested application specific virtual assistant for handling. The system of registering new intents increases the knowledge of the general purpose virtual assistant, or overloads the handling of an existing intent.


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