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Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 24, 2018
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Philippe P. Piernot, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Justin G. Binder, Oakland, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G10L 15/18 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G10L 15/1822 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and processes for device voice control are provided. An example process includes, at an electronic device, receiving a spoken user input and interpreting the spoken user input to derive a representation of user intent. The process further includes determining whether a task may be identified based on the representation of user intent. In accordance with a determination that a task may be identified based on the representation of user intent, the task is performed, and in accordance with a determination that a task may not be identified based on the representation of user intent, the spoken user input is disambiguated.


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