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Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 15, 2021
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Karric Kwong, Emeryville, CA (US);

Diarmuid Ó Séaghdha, Cambridge, GB;

Yingjie Zheng, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 40/205 (2020.01); G06F 40/40 (2020.01); H04M 1/27 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 40/205 (2020.01); G06F 40/40 (2020.01); H04M 1/271 (2013.01);
Abstract

An example process includes at an electronic device with one or more processors and memory: receiving a natural language input including a user request; determining whether the user request corresponds to a personal request; in accordance with a determination that the user request does not correspond to a personal request: transmitting, by the electronic device, a representation of the user request to an external electronic device; and in accordance with a determination that the user request corresponds to a personal request: initiating, by the electronic device, a task based on the user request without transmitting the representation of the user request to the external electronic device; and providing a first result based on the initiated task.


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