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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:
Aug. 26, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 22, 2024
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Garrett L. Weinberg, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Harry J. Saddler, Berkeley, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G10L 15/08 (2006.01); G10L 15/18 (2013.01); G10L 25/78 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 25/78 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G10L 15/083 (2013.01); G10L 15/1807 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 2015/088 (2013.01); G10L 2015/221 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01); G10L 2025/786 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. For example, a first speech input directed to a digital assistant is received from a user. A first response is provided based on the first speech input. A session window is initiated, wherein the session window is associated with a variable speech threshold. A second speech input is received during the session window. In accordance with a determination that the second speech input includes speech directed to the digital assistant, a duration associated with the session window is increased. In accordance with a determination that the variable speech threshold does not exceed a predetermined speech threshold, the session window is ended.


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