Patents by Inventor Samuel E. TURNBULL

Samuel E. TURNBULL 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).

  • DETERMINING SUGGESTED SUBSEQUENT USER ACTIONS DURING DIGITAL ASSISTANT INTERACTION
    Publication number: 20230410805
    Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. An example process includes receiving an utterance including a user request, determining, based on the user request, a domain associated with the user request, determining, based on the domain, a first subsequent user action and a second subsequent user action, determining, based on the domain, a first parameter for the first subsequent user action and a second parameter for the second subsequent user action, in accordance with a determination that a first score associated with the first subsequent user action is higher than a score associated with the second subsequent user action, selecting the first subsequent user action as a suggested subsequent user action, and providing the suggested subsequent user action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Jamie Harry DRUMMIE, Silvia FRIAS DELGADO, Andrew J. HAINES, Samuel E. TURNBULL, Johan D. FORSELL
  • Determining suggested subsequent user actions during digital assistant interaction
    Patent number: 11783827
    Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. An example process includes receiving an utterance including a user request, determining, based on the user request, a domain associated with the user request, determining, based on the domain, a first subsequent user action and a second subsequent user action, determining, based on the domain, a first parameter for the first subsequent user action and a second parameter for the second subsequent user action, in accordance with a determination that a first score associated with the first subsequent user action is higher than a score associated with the second subsequent user action, selecting the first subsequent user action as a suggested subsequent user action, and providing the suggested subsequent user action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jamie Harry Drummie, Silvia Frias Delgado, Andrew J. Haines, Samuel E. Turnbull, Johan D. Forsell
  • DETERMINING SUGGESTED SUBSEQUENT USER ACTIONS DURING DIGITAL ASSISTANT INTERACTION
    Publication number: 20220148587
    Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. An example process includes receiving an utterance including a user request, determining, based on the user request, a domain associated with the user request, determining, based on the domain, a first subsequent user action and a second subsequent user action, determining, based on the domain, a first parameter for the first subsequent user action and a second parameter for the second subsequent user action, in accordance with a determination that a first score associated with the first subsequent user action is higher than a score associated with the second subsequent user action, selecting the first subsequent user action as a suggested subsequent user action, and providing the suggested subsequent user action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Jamie Harry DRUMMIE, Silvia FRIAS DELGADO, Andrew J. HAINES, Samuel E. TURNBULL, Johan D. FORSELL