Patents by Inventor Aimee Piercy
Aimee Piercy 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: 11750734Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to interfaces and techniques for media playback on one or more devices. In accordance with some embodiments, an electronic device includes a display, one or more processors, and memory. The electronic device receives user input and, in response to receiving the user input, displays, on the display, a multi-device interface that includes: one or more indicators associated with a plurality of available playback devices that are connected to the device and available to initiate playback of media from the device, and a media playback status of the plurality of available playback devices.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Patrick L. Coffman, David Chance Graham, Cyrus Daniel Irani, Aimee Piercy
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Publication number: 20230259550Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. In accordance with one example, a method includes, at an electronic device with one or more processors and memory, receiving a first natural-language speech input indicative of a request for media, where the first natural-language speech input comprises a first search parameter; providing, by a digital assistant, a first media item identified based on the first search parameter. The method further includes, while providing the first media item, receiving a second natural-language speech input and determining whether the second input corresponds to a user intent of refining the request for media. The method further includes, in accordance with a determination that the second speech input corresponds to a user intent of refining the request for media: identifying, based on the first parameter and the second speech input, a second media item and providing the second media item.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: David Chance GRAHAM, Cyrus Daniel IRANI, Aimee PIERCY, Thomas ALSINA
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Patent number: 11675829Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. In accordance with one example, a method includes, at an electronic device with one or more processors and memory, receiving a first natural-language speech input indicative of a request for media, where the first natural-language speech input comprises a first search parameter; providing, by a digital assistant, a first media item identified based on the first search parameter. The method further includes, while providing the first media item, receiving a second natural-language speech input and determining whether the second input corresponds to a user intent of refining the request for media. The method further includes, in accordance with a determination that the second speech input corresponds to a user intent of refining the request for media: identifying, based on the first parameter and the second speech input, a second media item and providing the second media item.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: David Chance Graham, Cyrus Daniel Irani, Aimee Piercy, Thomas Alsina
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Publication number: 20230073844Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to interfaces and techniques for media playback on one or more devices. In accordance with some embodiments, an electronic device includes a display, one or more processors, and memory. The electronic device receives user input and, in response to receiving the user input, displays, on the display, a multi-device interface that includes: one or more indicators associated with a plurality of available playback devices that are connected to the device and available to initiate playback of media from the device, and a media playback status of the plurality of available playback devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: Patrick L. COFFMAN, Taylor G. CARRIGAN, David Chance GRAHAM, Cyrus Daniel IRANI, Aimee PIERCY
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Patent number: 11372850Abstract: A method of providing a task assistant to provide an interface to an application is described. The method comprises receiving input from a user through multimodal input including a plurality of speech input, typing input, and touch input, interpreting the input, and providing a formatted query to the application, receiving data from the application in response to the query, and providing a response to the user through multimodal output including a plurality of: speech output, text output, non-speech audio output, haptic output, and visual non-text output.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.Inventors: David Andrew Mauro, Henri Bouvier, Stephen Douglas Peters, Elizabeth Ann Dykstra-Erickson, Susan Dawnstarr Daniel, Aimee Piercy, Paweena Attayadmawittaya, Andrew Jonathan Watson
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Patent number: 11227589Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant to perform intelligent list reading are provided. In one example process, a spoken user request associated with a plurality of data items is received. The process determines whether a degree of specificity of the spoken user request is less than a threshold level. In response to determining that a degree of specificity of the spoken user request is less than a threshold level, one or more attributes related to the spoken user request are determined. The one or more attributes are not defined in the spoken user request. Additionally, a list of data items based on the spoken user request and the one or more attributes is obtained. A spoken response comprising a subset of the list of data items is generated and the spoken response is provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Susan L. Booker, Murali Krishnan, Aimee Piercy, Garrett L. Weinberg
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Patent number: 11095766Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to interfaces and techniques for media playback on one or more devices. In accordance with some embodiments, an electronic device includes a display, one or more processors, and memory. The electronic device receives user input and, in response to receiving the user input, displays, on the display, a multi-device interface that includes: one or more indicators associated with a plurality of available playback devices that are connected to the device and available to initiate playback of media from the device, and a media playback status of the plurality of available playback devices.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Patrick L. Coffman, David Chance Graham, Afrooz Family, Aimee Piercy, Hugo Verweij
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Publication number: 20210165826Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. In accordance with one example, a method includes, at an electronic device with one or more processors and memory, receiving a first natural-language speech input indicative of a request for media, where the first natural-language speech input comprises a first search parameter; providing, by a digital assistant, a first media item identified based on the first search parameter. The method further includes, while providing the first media item, receiving a second natural-language speech input and determining whether the second input corresponds to a user intent of refining the request for media. The method further includes, in accordance with a determination that the second speech input corresponds to a user intent of refining the request for media: identifying, based on the first parameter and the second speech input, a second media item and providing the second media item.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: June 3, 2021Inventors: David Chance GRAHAM, Cyrus Daniel IRANI, Aimee PIERCY, Thomas ALSINA
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Publication number: 20210073218Abstract: A method of providing a task assistant to provide an interface to an application is described. The method comprises receiving input from a user through multimodal input including a plurality of speech input, typing input, and touch input, interpreting the input, and providing a formatted query to the application, receiving data from the application in response to the query, and providing a response to the user through multimodal output including a plurality of: speech output, text output, non-speech audio output, haptic output, and visual non-text output.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: David Andrew Mauro, Henri Bouvier, Stephen Douglas Peters, Elizabeth Ann Dykstra-Erickson, Susan Dawnstarr Daniel, Aimee Piercy, Paweena Attayadmawittaya, Andrew Jonathan Watson
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Patent number: 10909171Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. In accordance with one example, a method includes, at an electronic device with one or more processors and memory, receiving a first natural-language speech input indicative of a request for media, where the first natural-language speech input comprises a first search parameter; providing, by a digital assistant, a first media item identified based on the first search parameter. The method further includes, while providing the first media item, receiving a second natural-language speech input and determining whether the second input corresponds to a user intent of refining the request for media. The method further includes, in accordance with a determination that the second speech input corresponds to a user intent of refining the request for media: identifying, based on the first parameter and the second speech input, a second media item and providing the second media item.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: David Chance Graham, Cyrus Daniel Irani, Aimee Piercy, Thomas Alsina
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Patent number: 10795528Abstract: A method of providing a task assistant to provide an interface to an application, the method comprising activating the task assistant, the activation having an associated visual display. The method in one embodiment includes receiving input from a user through multimodal input including a plurality of speech input, typing input, and touch input, interpreting the input, and providing a formatted query to the application, receiving data from the application in response to the query, and providing a response to the user through multimodal output including a plurality of: speech output, text output, non-speech audio output, haptic output, and visual non-text output, wherein the task assistant has a plurality of active states, each of the active states having an associated visual display.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2013Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Elizabeth Ann Dykstra-Erickson, David Andrew Mauro, Paweena Attayadmawittaya, Aimee Piercy, Susan Dawnstarr Daniel
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Patent number: 10783139Abstract: A method of providing a task assistant to provide an interface to an application is described. The method comprises receiving input from a user through multimodal input including a plurality of speech input, typing input, and touch input, interpreting the input, and providing a formatted query to the application, receiving data from the application in response to the query, and providing a response to the user through multimodal output including a plurality of: speech output, text output, non-speech audio output, haptic output, and visual non-text output.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2013Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: David Andrew Mauro, Henri Bouvier, Stephen Douglas Peters, Elizabeth Ann Dykstra-Erickson, Susan Dawnstarr Daniel, Aimee Piercy, Paweena Attayadmawittaya, Andrew Jonathan Watson
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Publication number: 20200104018Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to interfaces and techniques for media playback on one or more devices. In accordance with some embodiments, an electronic device includes a display, one or more processors, and memory. The electronic device receives user input and, in response to receiving the user input, displays, on the display, a multi-device interface that includes: one or more indicators associated with a plurality of available playback devices that are connected to the device and available to initiate playback of media from the device, and a media playback status of the plurality of available playback devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Patrick L. COFFMAN, David Chance GRAHAM, Afrooz FAMILY, Aimee PIERCY, Hugo VERWEIJ
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Patent number: 10395659Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. In accordance with one example, a method includes, at an electronic device with one or more processors and memory, receiving a natural-language speech input indicative of a request to the digital assistant; obtaining, by the digital assistant, context information; determining, by the digital assistant, a text-to-speech mode from a plurality of text-to-speech modes based on the obtained context information; and providing, by the digital assistant, an audio output with the determined text-to-speech mode, where the audio output is indicative of a speech response to the user request.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Aimee Piercy, Cyrus Daniel Irani, Yoon Kim, David Chance Graham, Patrick L. Coffman
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Publication number: 20190197053Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. In accordance with one example, a method includes, at an electronic device with one or more processors and memory, receiving a first natural-language speech input indicative of a request for media, where the first natural-language speech input comprises a first search parameter; providing, by a digital assistant, a first media item identified based on the first search parameter. The method further includes, while providing the first media item, receiving a second natural-language speech input and determining whether the second input corresponds to a user intent of refining the request for media. The method further includes, in accordance with a determination that the second speech input corresponds to a user intent of refining the request for media: identifying, based on the first parameter and the second speech input, a second media item and providing the second media item.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2019Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: David Chance GRAHAM, Cyrus Daniel IRANI, Aimee PIERCY, Thomas ALSINA, Garrett L. WEINBERG
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Patent number: 10303715Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. In accordance with one example, a method includes, at an electronic device with one or more processors and memory, receiving a first natural-language speech input indicative of a request for media, where the first natural-language speech input comprises a first search parameter; providing, by a digital assistant, a first media item identified based on the first search parameter. The method further includes, while providing the first media item, receiving a second natural-language speech input and determining whether the second input corresponds to a user intent of refining the request for media. The method further includes, in accordance with a determination that the second speech input corresponds to a user intent of refining the request for media: identifying, based on the first parameter and the second speech input, a second media item and providing the second media item.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: David Chance Graham, Cyrus Daniel Irani, Aimee Piercy, Thomas Alsina, Garrett L. Weinberg
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Publication number: 20190147880Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant to perform intelligent list reading are provided. In one example process, a spoken user request associated with a plurality of data items is received. The process determines whether a degree of specificity of the spoken user request is less than a threshold level. In response to determining that a degree of specificity of the spoken user request is less than a threshold level, one or more attributes related to the spoken user request are determined. The one or more attributes are not defined in the spoken user request. Additionally, a list of data items based on the spoken user request and the one or more attributes is obtained. A spoken response comprising a subset of the list of data items is generated and the spoken response is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2019Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Susan L. BOOKER, Murali KRISHNAN, Aimee PIERCY, Garrett L. WEINBERG
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Patent number: 10249300Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant to perform intelligent list reading are provided. In one example process, a spoken user request associated with a plurality of data items is received. The process determines whether a degree of specificity of the spoken user request is less than a threshold level. In response to determining that a degree of specificity of the spoken user request is less than a threshold level, one or more attributes related to the spoken user request are determined. The one or more attributes are not defined in the spoken user request. Additionally, a list of data items based on the spoken user request and the one or more attributes is obtained. A spoken response comprising a subset of the list of data items is generated and the spoken response is provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2016Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Susan L. Booker, Murali Krishnan, Garrett L. Weinberg, Aimee Piercy
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Patent number: 10223411Abstract: A method of providing a task assistant is described. The task assistant is designed to receive input from a user through multimodal input including a plurality of speech input, typing input, and touch input, determine the meaning of the input, and determining whether there is a context based on prior interactions with the user. The method further to generate an interpreted input based on a combination of the input and the context, and providing a formatted query to an application. The method further to receive data from the application in response to the formatted query, and provide a response to the user through multimodal output including a plurality of: speech output, text output, non-speech audio output, haptic output, and visual non-text output. The method further to update the context based on the interpreted input.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2013Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: David Andrew Mauro, Henri Bouvier, Elizabeth Ann Dykstra-Erickson, Simona Gandrabur, Susan Dawnstarr Daniel, Aimee Piercy, Robert Douglas Sharp
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Publication number: 20180336275Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. In accordance with one example, a method includes, at an electronic device with one or more processors and memory, receiving a first natural-language speech input indicative of a request for media, where the first natural-language speech input comprises a first search parameter; providing, by a digital assistant, a first media item identified based on the first search parameter. The method further includes, while providing the first media item, receiving a second natural-language speech input and determining whether the second input corresponds to a user intent of refining the request for media. The method further includes, in accordance with a determination that the second speech input corresponds to a user intent of refining the request for media: identifying, based on the first parameter and the second speech input, a second media item and providing the second media item.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2018Publication date: November 22, 2018Inventors: David Chance GRAHAM, Cyrus Daniel IRANI, Aimee PIERCY, Thomas ALSINA, Garrett L. WEINBERG