US Patent Application 18231135. REDUCING THE NEED FOR MANUAL START/END-POINTING AND TRIGGER PHRASES simplified abstract

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REDUCING THE NEED FOR MANUAL START/END-POINTING AND TRIGGER PHRASES

Organization Name

Apple Inc.

Inventor(s)

Philippe P. Piernot of Los Gatos CA (US)

Justin G. Binder of Oakland CA (US)

REDUCING THE NEED FOR MANUAL START/END-POINTING AND TRIGGER PHRASES - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18231135 titled 'REDUCING THE NEED FOR MANUAL START/END-POINTING AND TRIGGER PHRASES

Simplified Explanation

This patent application describes systems and processes for selectively processing and responding to spoken user inputs. Here are the key points:

  • The system receives audio input containing a spoken user input.
  • It identifies the start and end-points of the spoken user input within the audio input.
  • The system determines whether the spoken user input was intended for a virtual assistant by considering contextual information.
  • This determination can be made using a rule-based system or a probabilistic system.
  • If the spoken user input was intended for the virtual assistant, it is processed and an appropriate response is generated.
  • If the spoken user input was not intended for the virtual assistant, it is ignored and no response is generated.


Original Abstract Submitted

Systems and processes for selectively processing and responding to a spoken user input are provided. In one example, audio input containing a spoken user input can be received at a user device. The spoken user input can be identified from the audio input by identifying start and end-points of the spoken user input. It can be determined whether or not the spoken user input was intended for a virtual assistant based on contextual information. The determination can be made using a rule-based system or a probabilistic system. If it is determined that the spoken user input was intended for the virtual assistant, the spoken user input can be processed and an appropriate response can be generated. If it is instead determined that the spoken user input was not intended for the virtual assistant, the spoken user input can be ignored and/or no response can be generated.

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