Triggering notifications associated with tasks to perform

    公开(公告)号:AU2020220088B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-18

    申请号:AU2020220088

    申请日:2020-08-18

    Applicant: APPLE INC

    Abstract: A method comprising: at an electronic device comprising one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors: receiving, from a user, natural language input that expressly specifies one or more first attributes of a task; automatically without user intervention, retrieving context data that is separate from the natural language input; deriving from the context data one or more second attributes of the task; determining, from the natural language input, one or more triggering criteria associated with the task; based on the natural language input, generating a task item for the task, the task item including the one or more first attributes, the one or more second attributes, and the one or more triggering criteria; determining whether the one or more triggering criteria are satisfied; and in response to determining that the one or more triggering criteria are satisfied, causing a notification associated with the task item to be displayed, the notification including an associated description comprising the one or more first attributes and the one or more second attributes.

    Triggering notifications associated with tasks to perform

    公开(公告)号:AU2018204265C1

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-25

    申请号:AU2018204265

    申请日:2018-06-14

    Applicant: APPLE INC

    Abstract: A task item is electronic data that represents a task to be performed, whether manually or automatically. A task item includes one or more details about its corresponding task, such as a description of the task and a location of the task. Specifically, techniques for generating task items, organizing task items, triggering notifications of task items, and consuming task items are described. In one approach, a task item is generated based on input from a user and context of the input. In another approach, different attributes of task items are used to organize the task items intelligently into multiple lists. In another approach, one or more criteria, such as location, are used to determine when to notify a user of a task item. In another approach, actions other than the generation of notification are enabled or automatically performed, actions such as emailing, calling, texting, and searching.

    Far-field extension for digital assistant services

    公开(公告)号:AU2020201470A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-19

    申请号:AU2020201470

    申请日:2020-02-28

    Applicant: APPLE INC

    Abstract: A method for providing a digital assistant service, comprising: at a first electronic device with one or more processors and memory: obtaining capability data associated with a plurality of electronic devices capable of being communicatively coupled to the first electronic device; in accordance with the capability data, obtaining a plurality of steps for responding to a user request represented by a speech input that was received from a first user; identifying a second electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices for performing a first step of the plurality of steps; identifying a third electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices for performing a second step of the plurality of devices, wherein the first step is a different step than the second step; causing the second electronic device to perform the first step; and causing the third electronic device to perform the second step.

    User training by intelligent digital assistant

    公开(公告)号:AU2014227586C1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-30

    申请号:AU2014227586

    申请日:2014-03-14

    Applicant: APPLE INC

    Abstract: The method includes receiving, from a user, a first speech input spoken in a first language; inferring a user intent based on at least the first speech input in the first language; based on the inferred user intent, generating one or more alternative expressions of the first speech input in the first language; and providing feedback to the user introducing the alternative expressions as a more preferred input to express the inferred user intent than the first speech input provided by the user.

    Voice trigger for a digital assistant

    公开(公告)号:AU2019204501A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-18

    申请号:AU2019204501

    申请日:2019-06-26

    Applicant: APPLE INC

    Abstract: A method for operating a voice trigger, performed at an electronic device including one or more processors and memory storing instructions for execution by the one or more processors, the method comprising: operating a voice trigger in a first mode; determining whether the electronic device is in a substantially enclosed space by detecting that one or more of a microphone and a camera of the electronic device is occluded; upon a determination that the electronic device is in a substantially enclosed space, generating instructions to switch the voice trigger to a second mode; and switching the voice trigger to the second mode based on the instructions.

    Multi-command single utterance input method

    公开(公告)号:AU2015266863B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-15

    申请号:AU2015266863

    申请日:2015-05-28

    Applicant: APPLE INC

    Abstract: Systems and processes are disclosed for handling a multi-part voice command for a virtual assistant. Speech input can be received from a user that includes multiple actionable commands within a single utterance. A text string can be generated from the speech input using a speech transcription process. The text string can be parsed into multiple candidate substrings based on domain keywords, imperative verbs, predetermined substring lengths, or the like. For each candidate substring, a probability can be determined indicating whether the candidate substring corresponds to an actionable command. Such probabilities can be determined based on semantic coherence, similarity to user request templates, querying services to determine manageability, or the like. If the probabilities exceed a threshold, the user intent of each substring can be determined, processes associated with the user intents can be executed, and an acknowledgment can be provided to the user.

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