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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:
Feb. 24, 2026

Filed:

Oct. 11, 2023
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Andrew J. Sinesio, Saratoga, CA (US);

Alexandr N. Abramets, San Jose, CA (US);

Ivana M. Hong, Lake Forest, CA (US);

Ryan R. Klems, Tucson, AZ (US);

Catherine M. Loo, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Daniel J. Mandel, Tucson, AZ (US);

Ryan M. Orr, La Honda, CA (US);

Zeyad H. Saleh, New York, NY (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 17/22 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G10L 17/04 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 17/22 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G10L 17/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. An exemplary process includes, at a first user device with one or more processors and memory: receiving an audio input including a task and an application for performing the task; in response to a determination that the application is available to the first user device, performing the task with the application at the first user device; in response to a determination that the application is not available to the first user device: causing performance of the task with the application at a second user device; receiving the result of the task from the second user device; and providing the result of the task as an audio output.


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