INTELLIGENT AUTOMATED ASSISTANT FOR TV USER INTERACTIONS

Organization Name

apple inc.

Inventor(s)

Marcel Van Os of Santa Cruz CA US

Rohit Dasari of San Francisco CA US

Patrick M. Lister of Cupertino CA US

Lia T. Napolitano of San Francisco CA US

Jonathan H. Russell of Incline Village NV US

Harry J. Saddler of Berkeley CA US

INTELLIGENT AUTOMATED ASSISTANT FOR TV USER INTERACTIONS

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250150669 titled 'INTELLIGENT AUTOMATED ASSISTANT FOR TV USER INTERACTIONS

Original Abstract Submitted

systems and processes are disclosed for controlling television user interactions using a virtual assistant. in an example process, a virtual assistant can interact with a television set-top box to control content shown on a television display. speech input for the virtual assistant can be received from a device with a microphone. the speech input can comprise a query associated with content shown on the television display. a user intent of the query can be determined based on one or more of the content shown on the television display and a viewing history of media content. a result of the query can be caused to be displayed based on the determined user intent.