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Smart list reading

A data item list and verbal technology, applied in the direction of instruments, sound input/output, data processing applications, etc., can solve problems that affect user experience, hinder the widespread adoption of digital assistants, and users have no effective follow-up interactions, etc.

Active Publication Date: 2021-02-23
APPLE INC
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Additionally, verbal responses can have poor conversion overshoot and can force the user into one or more unproductive follow-up interactions
This could affect the user experience and hinder the widespread adoption of digital assistants

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[0023] In the following description of the embodiments, reference is made to the accompanying drawings, in which are shown by way of illustrations specific embodiments that may be practiced. It is to be understood that other embodiments may be utilized and structural changes may be made without departing from the scope of the various embodiments.

[0024] As mentioned above, providing natural-sounding voice-based interactions with digital assistants is challenging. Specifically, user requests ranged from overly broad (eg, "Is there a good place to eat?") to very specific (eg, "What does the word 'plot' mean?"). Verbal responses provided by digital assistants can be poor and unproductive if all user requests are handled the same way. For example, in response to a user request "Is there a good place to eat?", the digital assistant might provide a lengthy verbal response containing a long list of restaurants located near the user's current location. Such responses are confusing...

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The invention is entitled "Smart List Reading". The present invention provides systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant to perform intelligent list reading. In one example process, a verbal user request associated with a plurality of data items is received. The process determines whether the degree of specificity of the spoken user request is less than a threshold level. In response to determining that the degree of specificity of the spoken user request is less than a threshold level, one or more attributes related to the spoken user request are determined. One or more attributes were not defined in the spoken user request. Additionally, a list of data items based on the spoken user request and one or more attributes is obtained. Generate a verbal response comprising a subset of the list of data items and provide a verbal verbal response.

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] This patent application claims U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 62 / 346,236, filed June 6, 2016, entitled "intelligent LIST READING," and U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 6, entitled "intelligent LIST READING," filed September 21, 2016 No. 15 / 272,214 and priority of Danish patent application serial number PA 2017 70331 filed on May 11, 2017 entitled "intelligent LIST READING", all of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety for all purposes . technical field [0003] This disclosure relates generally to intelligent automated assistants, and more particularly to intelligent list reading by intelligent automated assistants. Background technique [0004] Intelligent automated assistants (or digital assistants) can provide a favorable interface between human users and electronic devices. Such assistants may allow users to interact with a device or system using natural langua...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F3/0482G06F3/0488G06F3/16G06Q10/02G06Q50/12G06F16/332G06F16/9535G06F16/9537G10L15/22G10L13/02G10L15/08G10L15/18G10L15/30
CPCG06F3/0482G06F3/0488G06F3/16G06Q10/02G06Q50/12G06F16/3329G06F16/9535G06F16/9537
Inventor S·L·布克M·克里施南G·L·温伯格A·皮尔西
Owner APPLE INC