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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2015
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Vishwac Sena Kannan, Redmond, WA (US);
Aleksandar Uzelac, Seattle, WA (US);
Daniel J. Hwang, Renton, WA (US);
Robert L. Chambers, Sammamish, WA (US);
Thomas Soemo, Redmond, WA (US);
Adina Magdalena Trufinescu, Redmond, WA (US);
Khuram Shahid, Seattle, WA (US);
Ali Emami, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are described for headlessly completing a task of an application in the background of a digital personal assistant. For example, a method can include receiving a voice input via a microphone. Natural language processing can be performed using the voice input to determine a user voice command. The user voice command can include a request to perform a task of the application. The application can be caused to execute the task as a background process without a user interface of the application appearing. A user interface of the digital personal assistant can provide a response to the user, based on a received state associated with the task, so that the response comes from within a context of the user interface of the digital personal assistant without surfacing the user interface of the application.