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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2022
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Ahmed S. Hussen Abdelaziz, San Ramon, CA (US);
Saurabh Adya, San Jose, CA (US);
Alexander W. Churchill, London, GB;
Pranay Dighe, Berkeley, CA (US);
Sachin S. Kajarekar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Chaitanya Mannemala, San Ramon, CA (US);
Erik Marchi, Zurich, CH;
Seyedmahdad Mirsamadi, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ognjen Rudovic, Seattle, WA (US);
Ahmed H. Tewfik, Los Altos, CA (US);
Barry-John Theobald, San Jose, CA (US);
Srikanth Vishnubhotla, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An example process includes: receiving a speech input representing a user utterance; determining, based on a textual representation of the speech input, a first score corresponding to a type of the user utterance; determining, based on the textual representation of the speech input, a second score representing a correspondence between the user utterance and a domain recognized by a digital assistant; determining, based on the first score and the second score, whether the speech input is intended for the digital assistant; in accordance with a determination that the speech input is intended for the digital assistant: initiating, by the digital assistant, a task based on the speech input; and providing an output indicative of the initiated task.