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Systems, methods, and apparatuses for pausing and resuming a virtual assistant

An assistant and user technology, applied in the direction of reasoning methods, transmission systems, multi-programming devices, etc., can solve the problems of wasting processing resources and power

Active Publication Date: 2020-09-22
GOOGLE LLC
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As a result, there will necessarily be a delay before the automated assistant can start another action or routine
Furthermore, any processing resources and power spent executing the initial routine will be wasted

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[0025] figure 1 Illustrated is system 100 for allowing users to initiate and interrupt routines executed under the direction of automated attendant 104 . System 100 may include remote device 112 , such as server device 102 , which may host automated attendant 104 . In some implementations, automated assistant 104 can be hosted at server device 102 and / or one or more computing devices capable of hosting an assistant application. For example, in some implementations, automated attendant 104 may be hosted at client device 116 and / or server device 102 . The processes and / or functions performed by automated attendant 104 may be performed by server device 102 or distributed across separate devices. For example, a user may provide input, such as a voice command or text input, on the assistant interface 118 of the client device 116 . Input from a user may be sent from client device 116 to server device 102 over network 114 , such as a private network (eg, a peer-to-peer network) or...

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Abstract

Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for allowing an automated assistant routine to be interrupted during performance of the routine. A routine can correspond to a setof actions to be performed at the direction of the automated assistant. When the routine is initialized and a user subsequently issues a command to interrupt the routine, the automated assistant canmodify a status identifier for the routine. That status identifier can be stored at a database and allow other applications and / or devices that are operating to complete the routine to be put on notice that the user has requested the routine be interrupted. The database can be accessible to one or more devices and / or applications, such as third party applications, in order to provide a medium through which the devices and / or applications can check the statuses of various automated assistant routines.

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Background technique [0001] Humans can use interactive software applications referred to herein as "automated assistants" (also referred to as "digital agents," "chatbots," "interactive personal assistants," "intelligent personal assistants," "conversational agents," etc.) Participate in man-machine dialogue. For example, humans (who may be referred to as "users" when interacting with an automated assistant) may provide commands using spoken natural language input (i.e., utterances) and / or by providing textual (e.g., typed) natural language input and / or Or request, in some cases the spoken natural language input can be converted to text and then processed. Some automated assistants can perform multiple actions in response to commands, causing the automated assistant to undertake a routine in response to receiving a specific spoken command. Unfortunately, once the automated assistant has begun directing the performance of the actions involved in the routine, the user may not ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F9/48
CPCG06F9/4812G06F9/485Y02D10/00G06F9/453G06N20/00G16Y10/75G06N5/043G10L15/1815G10L15/22G10L15/30G10L2015/223H04L51/02G06F9/4843
Inventor 倪宇钊
Owner GOOGLE LLC