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Intelligent automated assistants in the home environment

An assistant and action technology, applied in speech analysis, comprehensive factory control, speech recognition, etc., can solve the problems of increasing the difficulty of remote controlled equipment, time-consuming, and inability to control equipment

Active Publication Date: 2019-06-11
APPLE INC
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Remembering the correct identifier for a particular bulb and figuring it out from a list of 40 to 50 identifiers can be a difficult and time consuming process
For example, a user may confuse one device's identifier with another's and thus be unable to control the desired device
Different manufacturers often provide different software applications that must be used to control their corresponding devices, which also increases the difficulty of managing and controlling large numbers of remotely controlled devices

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[0030] As noted above, it may be convenient and advantageous for a user to utilize a digital assistant to control a device with an established location, such as a device in the user's home. Preferably, the user employs natural language to communicate to the digital assistant the desired action and the desired device for performing that action, without having to refer to predefined commands or predefined device identifiers. For example, if a user provides the natural language command "open the door," the digital assistant may be required to understand exactly which door the user is referring to and whether the intended action is to open the d...

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The invention is entitled "Intelligent Automated Assistant in the Home Environment". The present invention provides systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant. In one example process, utterance input representing a user request may be received. The process may determine one or more possible device characteristics corresponding to the utterance input. A data structure representing a set of devices with an established location can be retrieved. The process may determine one or more candidate devices from the set of devices based on the data structure. The one or more candidate devices may correspond to the utterance input. The process may determine a user intent corresponding to the utterance input based on the one or more possible device characteristics and one or more actual device characteristics of the one or more candidate devices. Instructions may be provided causing a device of the one or more candidate devices to perform an action corresponding to the user intent.

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] This application claims U.S. Provisional Serial No. 62 / 348,015, filed June 9, 2016, titled "INTELLIGENT AUTOMATED ASSISTANT INA HOME ENVIRONMENT," filed September 23, 2016, titled "INTELLIGENT AUTOMATED ASSISTANT IN A HOME ENVIRONMENT" U.S. Non-Provisional Serial No. 15 / 274,859, Danish Application No. PA201670577, filed August 3, 2016, entitled "INTELLIGENT AUTOMATED ASSISTANT IN A HOME ENVIRONMENT," and filed August 3, 2016, entitled "INTELLIGENT AUTOMATED ASSISTANT IN A HOME ENVIRONMENT", all of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety for all purposes. [0003] This application is also related to the following copending application: U.S. Nonprovisional Patent Application Serial No. 14 / 503,105, filed September 30, 2014, entitled "INTELLIGENT ASSISTANT FOR HOME AUTOMATION" (Attorney Docket No. 106842108200 (P23013US1)) , the entirety of which is hereby incorporated by reference for all purposes. tec...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): G05B15/02G05B19/418G10L15/22
CPCY02P90/02
Inventor G·内尔R·马拉尼S·P·布朗B·L·布伦博
Owner APPLE INC