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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2022
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Garrett L. Weinberg, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Susan L. Booker, San Carlos, CA (US);
Didier Rene Guzzoni, Montsur-Rolle, CH;
Jessica Peck, San Jose, CA (US);
Harry J. Saddler, Berkeley, CA (US);
Lynn Irene Streja, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lily Shuting Zhang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Devices and methods for invoking digital assistants are provided. An example method includes displaying, on a display, a virtual reality ('VR') environment, wherein the VR environment includes a first avatar representing a domain-specific digital assistant, and wherein the domain-specific digital assistant corresponds to a first domain; and while displaying the first avatar within the VR environment: receiving a user voice input; determining whether the user voice input represents an intent to invoke the domain-specific digital assistant or an intent to invoke a second digital assistant; and in accordance with a determination that the user voice input represents an intent to invoke the second digital assistant: invoking the second digital assistant; determining, based on the user voice input, a first digital assistant response using the second digital assistant; and outputting, via a speaker, the first digital assistant response.