Patents by Inventor Kimberly D. BEVERETT

Kimberly D. BEVERETT has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Intelligent task discovery
    Patent number: 10269345
    Abstract: This relates to systems and processes for operating an automated assistant to process messages. In one example process, an electronic device receives a communication including a text string and determines whether a portion of the text string is associated with a data type of a plurality of data types. The data type is associated with at least one task. In accordance with a determination that the portion of the text string is associated with the data type, the electronic device receives a user input indicative of a task of the at least one task, and in response, causes the task to be performed based on the portion of the text string. In accordance with a determination that the portion of the text string is not associated with the data type, the electronic device foregoes causing the task to be performed based on the portion of the text string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jose A. Castillo Sanchez, Garett R. Nell, Kimberly D. Beverett
  • INTELLIGENT TASK DISCOVERY
    Publication number: 20170358304
    Abstract: This relates to systems and processes for operating an automated assistant to process messages. In one example process, an electronic device receives a communication including a text string and determines whether a portion of the text string is associated with a data type of a plurality of data types. The data type is associated with at least one task. In accordance with a determination that the portion of the text string is associated with the data type, the electronic device receives a user input indicative of a task of the at least one task, and in response, causes the task to be performed based on the portion of the text string. In accordance with a determination that the portion of the text string is not associated with the data type, the electronic device foregoes causing the task to be performed based on the portion of the text string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Jose A. CASTILLO SANCHEZ, Garett R. NELL, Kimberly D. BEVERETT