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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:
Sep. 23, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 14, 2022
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Rebecca P. Fish, San Francisco, CA (US);

Neal S. Ellis, San Francisco, CA (US);

Aswini Ramesh, San Jose, CA (US);

Martin Reddy, Santa Rosa, CA (US);

Patchaya B. Seilaudom, Cupertino, CA (US);

Andrew P. Tennant, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/00 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 21/00 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 21/00 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01); G10L 2015/225 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. For example, an electronic device can provide an output in an audio, visual, or mixed mode. In one example process, an output mode is selected, and, in response to determining that an output is to be provided to a user, an output data structure is obtained. The output data structure includes pattern components sorted into output groups. At least one pattern component from at least one output group is selected based on the output mode and provided in the output to the user.


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