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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2019
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
James Pratt, Round Rock, TX (US);
Timothy Innes, Atlanta, GA (US);
Eric Zavesky, Austin, TX (US);
Nigel Bradley, Canton, GA (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides task delegation and cooperation for automated assistants. In one example, a method performed by a processing system that is in communication with a plurality of automated assistants includes receiving, a query indicating a task with which a user desires assistance, parsing the task into a plurality of sub-tasks including a first sub-task and a second sub-task, identifying a first automated assistant of the plurality of automated assistants that is capable of performing the first sub-task and a second automated assistant of the plurality of automated assistants that is capable of performing the second sub-task, and formulating a proposal for responding to the query, wherein the proposal comprises a sequence in which the plurality of sub-tasks is to be performed and a mapping that assigns the first sub-task to the first automated assistant and the second sub-task to the second automated assistant.