Patents by Inventor Adam John Cheyer
Adam John Cheyer 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).
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Patent number: 12165635Abstract: The intelligent automated assistant system engages with the user in an integrated, conversational manner using natural language dialog, and invokes external services when appropriate to obtain information or perform various actions. The system can be implemented using any of a number of different platforms, such as the web, email, smartphone, and the like, or any combination thereof. In one embodiment, the system is based on sets of interrelated domains and tasks, and employs additional functionally powered by external services with which the system can interact.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2022Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Thomas Robert Gruber, Adam John Cheyer, Didier Rene Guzzoni, Christopher Dean Brigham, Richard Donald Giuli, Marcello Bastea-Forte, Harry Joseph Saddler
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Publication number: 20220383864Abstract: The intelligent automated assistant system engages with the user in an integrated, conversational manner using natural language dialog, and invokes external services when appropriate to obtain information or perform various actions. The system can be implemented using any of a number of different platforms, such as the web, email, smartphone, and the like, or any combination thereof. In one embodiment, the system is based on sets of interrelated domains and tasks, and employs additional functionally powered by external services with which the system can interact.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Thomas Robert GRUBER, Adam John CHEYER, Dag KITTLAUS, Didier Rene GUZZONI, Christopher Dean BRIGHAM, Richard Donald GIULI, Marcello BASTEA-FORTE, Harry Joseph SADDLER
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Patent number: 11423886Abstract: The intelligent automated assistant system engages with the user in an integrated, conversational manner using natural language dialog, and invokes external services when appropriate to obtain information or perform various actions. The system can be implemented using any of a number of different platforms, such as the web, email, smartphone, and the like, or any combination thereof. In one embodiment, the system is based on sets of interrelated domains and tasks, and employs additional functionally powered by external services with which the system can interact.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Thomas Robert Gruber, Adam John Cheyer, Dag Kittlaus, Didier Rene Guzzoni, Christopher Dean Brigham, Richard Donald Giuli, Marcello Bastea-Forte, Harry Joseph Saddler
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Publication number: 20220254338Abstract: The intelligent automated assistant system engages with the user in an integrated, conversational manner using natural language dialog, and invokes external services when appropriate to obtain information or perform various actions. The system can be implemented using any of a number of different platforms, such as the web, email, smartphone, and the like, or any combination thereof. In one embodiment, the system is based on sets of interrelated domains and tasks, and employs additional functionally powered by external services with which the system can interact.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Thomas Robert GRUBER, Adam John CHEYER, Didier Rene GUZZONI, Christopher Dean BRIGHAM, Richard Donald GIULI, Marcello BASTEA-FORTE, Harry Joseph SADDLER
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Publication number: 20200279556Abstract: The intelligent automated assistant system engages with the user in an integrated, conversational manner using natural language dialog, and invokes external services when appropriate to obtain information or perform various actions. The system can be implemented using any of a number of different platforms, such as the web, email, smartphone, and the like, or any combination thereof. In one embodiment, the system is based on sets of interrelated domains and tasks, and employs additional functionally powered by external services with which the system can interact.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2020Publication date: September 3, 2020Inventors: Thomas Robert GRUBER, Adam John CHEYER, Dag KITTLAUS, Didier Rene GUZZONI, Christopher Dean BRIGHAM, Richard Donald GIULI, Marcello BASTEA-FORTE, Harry Joseph SADDLER
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Patent number: 10706841Abstract: The intelligent automated assistant system engages with the user in an integrated, conversational manner using natural language dialog, and invokes external services when appropriate to obtain information or perform various actions. The system can be implemented using any of a number of different platforms, such as the web, email, smartphone, and the like, or any combination thereof. In one embodiment, the system is based on sets of interrelated domains and tasks, and employs additional functionally powered by external services with which the system can interact.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2016Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Thomas Robert Gruber, Adam John Cheyer, Dag Kittlaus, Didier Rene Guzzoni, Christopher Dean Brigham, Richard Donald Giuli, Marcello Bastea-Forte, Harry Joseph Saddler
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Patent number: 10417405Abstract: A device can be configured to receive speech input from a user. The speech input can include a command for accessing a restricted feature of the device. The speech input can be compared to a voiceprint (e.g., text-independent voiceprint) of the user's voice to authenticate the user to the device. Responsive to successful authentication of the user to the device, the user is allowed access to the restricted feature without the user having to perform additional authentication steps or speaking the command again. If the user is not successfully authenticated to the device, additional authentication steps can be request by the device (e.g., request a password).Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Adam John Cheyer
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Publication number: 20190012449Abstract: A device can be configured to receive speech input from a user. The speech input can include a command for accessing a restricted feature of the device. The speech input can be compared to a voiceprint (e.g., text-independent voiceprint) of the user's voice to authenticate the user to the device. Responsive to successful authentication of the user to the device, the user is allowed access to the restricted feature without the user having to perform additional authentication steps or speaking the command again. If the user is not successfully authenticated to the device, additional authentication steps can be request by the device (e.g., request a password).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2018Publication date: January 10, 2019Inventor: Adam John CHEYER
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Patent number: 10102359Abstract: A device can be configured to receive speech input from a user. The speech input can include a command for accessing a restricted feature of the device. The speech input can be compared to a voiceprint (e.g., text-independent voiceprint) of the user's voice to authenticate the user to the device. Responsive to successful authentication of the user to the device, the user is allowed access to the restricted feature without the user having to perform additional authentication steps or speaking the command again. If the user is not successfully authenticated to the device, additional authentication steps can be request by the device (e.g., request a password).Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2016Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Adam John Cheyer
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Patent number: 9953088Abstract: A user request is received from a mobile client device, where the user request includes at least a speech input and seeks an informational answer or performance of a task. A failure to provide a satisfactory response to the user request is detected. In response to detection of the failure, information relevant to the user request is crowd-sourced by querying one or more crowd sourcing information sources. One or more answers are received from the crowd sourcing information sources, and the response to the user request is generated based on at least one of the one or more answers received from the one or more crowd sourcing information sources.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2016Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Thomas R. Gruber, Adam John Cheyer, Donald W. Pitschel
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Publication number: 20170178626Abstract: The intelligent automated assistant system engages with the user in an integrated, conversational manner using natural language dialog, and invokes external services when appropriate to obtain information or perform various actions. The system can be implemented using any of a number of different platforms, such as the web, email, smartphone, and the like, or any combination thereof. In one embodiment, the system is based on sets of interrelated domains and tasks, and employs additional functionally powered by external services with which the system can interact.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2016Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Thomas Robert GRUBER, Adam John CHEYER, Dag KITTLAUS, Didier Rene GUZZONI, Christopher Dean BRIGHAM, Richard Donald GIULI, Marcello BASTEA-FORTE, Harry Joseph SADDLER
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Patent number: 9548050Abstract: The intelligent automated assistant system engages with the user in an integrated, conversational manner using natural language dialog, and invokes external services when appropriate to obtain information or perform various actions. The system can be implemented using any of a number of different platforms, such as the web, email, smartphone, and the like, or any combination thereof. In one embodiment, the system is based on sets of interrelated domains and tasks, and employs additional functionally powered by external services with which the system can interact.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2012Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Thomas Robert Gruber, Adam John Cheyer, Dag Kittlaus, Didier Rene Guzzoni, Christopher Dean Brigham, Richard Donald Giuli, Marcello Bastea-Forte, Harry Joseph Saddler
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Publication number: 20160188738Abstract: A user request is received from a mobile client device, where the user request includes at least a speech input and seeks an informational answer or performance of a task. A failure to provide a satisfactory response to the user request is detected. In response to detection of the failure, information relevant to the user request is crowd-sourced by querying one or more crowd sourcing information sources. One or more answers are received from the crowd sourcing information sources, and the response to the user request is generated based on at least one of the one or more answers received from the one or more crowd sourcing information sources.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2016Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: Thomas R. GRUBER, Adam John CHEYER, Donald W. PITSCHEL
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Publication number: 20160119338Abstract: A device can be configured to receive speech input from a user. The speech input can include a command for accessing a restricted feature of the device. The speech input can be compared to a voiceprint (e.g., text-independent voiceprint) of the user's voice to authenticate the user to the device. Responsive to successful authentication of the user to the device, the user is allowed access to the restricted feature without the user having to perform additional authentication steps or speaking the command again. If the user is not successfully authenticated to the device, additional authentication steps can be request by the device (e.g., request a password).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2016Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventor: Adam John Cheyer
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Patent number: 9318108Abstract: An intelligent automated assistant system engages with the user in an integrated, conversational manner using natural language dialog, and invokes external services when appropriate to obtain information or perform various actions. The system can be implemented using any of a number of different platforms, such as the web, email, smartphone, and the like, or any combination thereof. In one embodiment, the system is based on sets of interrelated domains and tasks, and employs additional functionally powered by external services with which the system can interact.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2011Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Thomas Robert Gruber, Adam John Cheyer, Dag Kittlaus, Didier Rene Guzzoni, Christopher Dean Brigham, Richard Donald Giuli, Marcello Bastea-Forte, Harry Joseph Saddler
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Patent number: 9117447Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable storage medium related to operating an intelligent digital assistant are disclosed. An event alert is detected, where the event alert includes context data. A representation of an intent is derived based at least in part on the context data. At least one domain, at least one task, and at least one parameter for the task are identified based at least in part on the representation of the intent. The identified task is performed using the at least one parameter. An output is provided to the user, where the output is related to the performance of the first task.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Thomas Robert Gruber, Adam John Cheyer, Didier Rene Guzzoni
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Patent number: 8942986Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable storage medium related to operating an intelligent digital assistant are disclosed. A plurality of predefined domains each representing a respective area of service offered by an intelligent automated assistant are stored. A text string derived from a user request is obtained, the text string including at least one or more words derived from a speech input received from a user. From the plurality of predefined domains, a relevant domain for the user request is identified based at least on respective degrees of match between the text string derived from the user request and a respective plurality of words associated with each predefined domain. A task is executed in accordance with steps specified in a task flow associated with the relevant domain, and in accordance with one or more task parameters derived from the user request.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Adam John Cheyer, Christopher Dean Brigham, Didier Rene Guzzoni
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Patent number: 8930191Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable storage medium related to operating an intelligent digital assistant are disclosed. A user request is received, the user request including at least a speech input received from a user. In response to the user request, (1) an echo of the speech input based on a textual interpretation of the speech input, and (2) a paraphrase of the user request based at least in part on a respective semantic interpretation of the speech input are presented to the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2013Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Thomas Robert Gruber, Harry Joseph Saddler, Adam John Cheyer, Dag Kittlaus, Christopher Dean Brigham, Richard Donald Giuli, Didier Rene Guzzoni, Marcello Bastea-Forte
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Patent number: 8903716Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable storage medium related to operating an intelligent digital assistant are disclosed. A text string is obtained from a speech input received from a user. The received text string is interpreted to derive a representation of user intent based at least in part on a plurality of words associated with a user and stored in memory associated with the user, the plurality of words including words from a plurality of user interactions with an automated assistant. At least one domain, a task, and at least one parameter for the task, are identified based at least in part on the representation of user intent. The identified task is performed. An output is provided to the user, where the output is related to the performance of the task.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Lik Harry Chen, Adam John Cheyer, Didier Rene Guzzoni, Thomas Robert Gruber
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Patent number: 8892446Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable storage medium related to operating an intelligent digital assistant are disclosed. A user request is received, the user request including at least a speech input received from the user. The user request is processed to obtain a representation of user intent, where the representation of user intent associates the user request with a task flow operationalizing a requested task, and the task flow is operable to invoke a plurality of services each supporting functions according to a respective plurality of service parameters. Based on the representation of user intent, one or more relevant task parameters are identified from a plurality of task parameters of the task flow. A subset of the plurality of services are selectively invoked during execution of the task flow, where the selectively invoked subset of the plurality of services support functions according to the identified one or more relevant task parameters.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Adam John Cheyer, Didier Rene Guzzoni, Thomas Robert Gruber, Christopher Dean Brigham