DEVICE ARBITRATION FOR DIGITAL ASSISTANT-BASED INTERCOM SYSTEMS

    公开(公告)号:US20210350810A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-11

    申请号:US17073092

    申请日:2020-10-16

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intercom system via a digital assistant are provided. The intercom system is trigger-free, in that users communicate, in real-time, via devices without employing a trigger to speak. Acoustic fingerprints are employed to associate users with devices. Acoustic fingerprints include vector embeddings of speech input in an acoustic-feature vector space. Speech heard at multiple devices, as embedded in a fingerprint, may be clustered in the vector space, and the structure of the clusters is employed to associate users and devices. Based on the fingerprints, a device is mapped to a user, and the user employs that device to participate in a conversation, via the intercom service.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SEARCH INTERFACE WITH CONTEXTUAL SUGGESTIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20230036798A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-02

    申请号:US17951037

    申请日:2022-09-22

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Systems and processes for providing a virtual assistant service are provided. In accordance with one or more examples, a method includes receiving, from an accessory device communicatively coupled to the first electronic device, a representation of a speech input representing a user request. The method further includes detecting a second electronic device and transmitting, from the first electronic device, a representation of the user request and data associated with the detected second electronic device to a third electronic device. The method further includes receiving, from the third electronic device, a determination of whether a task is to be performed by the second electronic device in accordance with the user request; and in accordance with a determination that a task is to be performed by the second electronic device, requesting the second electronic device to performed the task in accordance with the user request.

    SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING DIGITAL ASSISTANT REQUEST STATES

    公开(公告)号:US20240404520A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-05

    申请号:US18634399

    申请日:2024-04-12

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An example process includes: receiving an audio stream; generating, based on a first portion of the audio stream, a first request having a first type of predefined state; in accordance with a determination that the first request is intended for a digital assistant: changing the first type of predefined state to a second type of predefined state different from the first type of predefined state; generating, based on a second portion of the audio stream that is received after the first portion of the audio stream, a second request; and in accordance with a determination, based on the second request, that a first set of criteria is satisfied: changing the second type of predefined state of the first request to a third type of predefined state different from the first type of predefined state and the second type of predefined state; and providing an output based on the second request.

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