Active input elicitation by intelligent automated assistant

    公开(公告)号:AU2013205591B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-02-25

    申请号:AU2013205591

    申请日:2013-04-12

    Applicant: APPLE INC

    Abstract: A method and system for operating an intelligent automated assistant is described. The disclosure includes receiving a user request through a conversation interface of the intelligent automated assistant, the user request including at least a speech input received from a user; identifying one or more candidate domains relevant to the user request from a plurality of predefined domains, wherein each predefined domain presents a respective area of service offered by the intelligent automated assistant, and wherein the identifying is based on respective degrees of match between words derived from the user request and words representing vocabulary and entities associated with each predefined domain; and providing feedback to the user through the conversation interface of the intelligent automated assistant, wherein the feedback presents a paraphrase of the user request and elicits additional input from the user to specify one or more parameters associated with a particular candidate domain.

    Service orchestration for intelligent automated assistant

    公开(公告)号:AU2013205571A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-05-16

    申请号:AU2013205571

    申请日:2013-04-12

    Applicant: APPLE INC

    Abstract: A user request is received, the user request including at least a speech input received from the user. A method includes processing the user request to obtain a representation of user intent, wherein the representation of user intent associates the user request with a task flow operationalizing a requested task, and the task flow is operable to invoke a plurality of services each supporting functions according to a respective plurality of service parameters. Based on the representation of user intent, one or more relevant task parameters is identified from a plurality of task parameters of the task flow. A subset of the plurality of services is selectively invoked, the selectively invoked subset of the plurality of services support functions according to the identified one or more relevant task parameters.

    Prioritizing selection criteria by automated assistant

    公开(公告)号:AU2013205569A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-05-16

    申请号:AU2013205569

    申请日:2013-04-12

    Applicant: APPLE INC

    Abstract: A user request is received, the user request including at least a speech input received from a user. A representation of user intent for identifying items of a selection domain is obtained. A prompt is provided to the user, the prompt presenting two or more properties relevant to items of the selection domain and requesting the user to specify relative importance between the two or more properties. A listing of search results is provided, wherein the listing of search results has been obtained based on the at least one selection criterion and the relative importance provided by the user.

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