Patents by Inventor Lewis N. PERKINS

Lewis N. PERKINS 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).

  • Patent number: 11978436
    Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. For example, an intelligent automated assistant obtains a static vocabulary entry for an application and registers the static vocabulary entry to a knowledge base. While the application is running, the intelligent automated assistant receives a request from the application to register a dynamic vocabulary entry, and also registers the dynamic vocabulary entry. Upon receiving a user input, the intelligent automated assistant determines whether a matching vocabulary entry for the application has been registered and causes the application to perform a task based on the matching vocabulary entry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Lewis N. Perkins, Pierre Belin, Deniz Dizman, Kevin D. Pitolin
  • Publication number: 20230395067
    Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. For example, an intelligent automated assistant obtains a static vocabulary entry for an application and registers the static vocabulary entry to a knowledge base. While the application is running, the intelligent automated assistant receives a request from the application to register a dynamic vocabulary entry, and also registers the dynamic vocabulary entry. Upon receiving a user input, the intelligent automated assistant determines whether a matching vocabulary entry for the application has been registered and causes the application to perform a task based on the matching vocabulary entry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Lewis N. PERKINS, Pierre BELIN, Deniz DIZMAN, Kevin D. PITOLIN
  • Patent number: 11756548
    Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. An intelligent automated assistant receives a user input and generates a set of one or more token sequences based on the user input. The set of one or more token sequences are interpreted to generate a plurality of candidate interpretations each including a corresponding action and metadata associated with the action. A top candidate interpretation is selected from the plurality of candidate interpretations, and the corresponding action is performed based on the associated metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Lewis N. Perkins, Peter E. Boothroyd, Antonio M. Cancio, Thorvaldur Helgason, Antoine R. Raux, Gayathri Sairamkrishnan
  • Publication number: 20230206912
    Abstract: Systems and processes for operating a digital assistant are provided. An example method includes, at an electronic device with one or more processors and memory, while an application is open on the electronic device: receiving a spoken input including a command, determining whether the command matches at least a portion of a metadata associated with an action of the application, and in accordance with a determination that the command matches at least the portion of the metadata associated with the action of the application, associating the command with the action, storing the association of the command with the action for subsequent use with the application by the digital assistant, and executing the action with the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Kurt W. PIERSOL, Cedric BRAY, Keith S. BRISSON, Helmut GARSTENAUER, Timothy R. ORIOL, Jessica J. PECK, Lewis N. PERKINS, Luca SIMONELLI, Nathan D. TAYLOR