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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2017
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Benny Schlesinger, Ramat Hasharon, IL;
Yuval Borsutsky, Rishon Le-Zion, IL;
Eldar Cohen, Tel Aviv, IL;
Keren Damari, Tel Aviv, IL;
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for providing digital assistant devices with the capability to plan and execute complex macrotasks. In an aspect, a digital assistant device queries an online macrotask repository for task templates associated with a macrotask. The task templates may be designed and configured by Internet crowd-sourcing, with oversight from human editors. Based on a retrieved task template, a digital assistant device may automatically execute autonomous microtasks specified by the task template, and further elicit user input for executing certain microtasks requiring user oversight and/or confirmation. The online macrotask repository enables digital assistant devices to execute a broad range of complex macrotasks that would otherwise be difficult to execute in a satisfactory manner.