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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2025

Filed:

Feb. 23, 2022
Applicants:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Dathomir Laboratories Llc, Boston, MA (US);

Inventors:

Jessica J. Peck, Morgan Hill, CA (US);

James N. Jones, San Francisco, CA (US);

Ieyuki Kawashima, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Lynn I. Streja, San Francisco, CA (US);

Stephen O. Lemay, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G06F 3/012 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 9/453 (2018.02); G06V 20/20 (2022.01);
Abstract

An example process includes: displaying, on a display of an electronic device, an extended reality (XR) environment corresponding to a copresence session including the electronic device and a second electronic device; while displaying the XR environment: sampling, with a microphone of the electronic device, a first audio input; determining whether the first audio input is intended for a first digital assistant operating on an external electronic device; and in accordance with a determination that the first audio input is intended for the first digital assistant: causing the first digital assistant to provide an audible response to the first audio input, where the audible response is not transmitted to the second electronic device over a shared communication channel for the copresence session.


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