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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2022
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Daniel A. Castellani, San Jose, CA (US);
James N. Jones, San Francisco, CA (US);
Pedro Mari, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Jessica J. Peck, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Hugo D. Verweij, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Garrett L. Weinberg, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Mitchell R. Lerner, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An example process includes: receiving a first natural language input; initiating, by a digital assistant operating on the electronic device, a first task based on the first natural language input; determining whether the first task is of a predetermined type; and in accordance with a determination that the first task is of a predetermined type: determining whether one or more criteria are satisfied; and providing a response to the first natural language input, where providing the response includes: in accordance with a determination that the one or more criteria are not satisfied, outputting a first sound indicative of the initiated first task and a first verbal response indicative of the initiated first task; and in accordance with a determination that the one or more criteria are satisfied, outputting the first sound without outputting the first verbal response.