Patents by Inventor Felicia W. EDWARDS

Felicia W. EDWARDS 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).

  • Publication number: 20230098174
    Abstract: This relates generally to intelligent automated assistants and, more specifically, to provide a handsfree notification management system. An example method includes displaying one or more notifications by the electronic device. In response to displaying the one or more notifications, the method includes detecting a visual interaction of a user with the one or more notifications, identifying a notification from the one or more notifications based on the visual interaction, receiving a speech input related to the notification from the user, determining one or more actions associated with the notification based on the speech input, and performing the one or more actions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Andrea Valentina SIMES, Daniel W. LOO, Felicia W. EDWARDS, Harry M. SIMMONDS, Tyler R. CALDERONE, Kevin D. PITOLIN, Lorena S. PAZMINO
  • Publication number: 20230081605
    Abstract: An example process includes while displaying, on a display, a graphical element having a first display location, receiving a natural language input including a deictic reference to the graphical element; determining whether the natural language input corresponds to a user intent to move or copy the graphical element; in accordance with a determination that the natural language input corresponds to the user intent to move or copy the graphical element: determining, based on detected user gaze input, that the deictic reference refers to the graphical element; and in accordance with determining that the deictic reference refers to the graphical element, displaying the graphical element at a second display location different from the first display location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Christine S. O'MARA, Jessica J. PECK, Harry M. SIMMONDS, Felicia W. EDWARDS
  • Publication number: 20230058929
    Abstract: An example process includes while an electronic device is engaged in a communication session with external device(s): receiving, from a first user of the electronic device, input to invoke a first digital assistant; receiving, from the first user, a natural language input corresponding to a task; in accordance with invoking the first digital assistant, generating, by the first digital assistant, a prompt for further user input about the task; transmitting, to the external device(s), the prompt for further user input about the task; after transmitting the prompt for further user input, receiving, from an external device of the external device(s), a response to the prompt for further user input; initiating, by the first digital assistant, based on the response and information corresponding to the first user stored on the electronic device, the task; and transmitting, to the external device(s), an output indicative of the initiated task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Rae L. LASKO, German W. BAUER, Felicia W. EDWARDS, Niranjan MANJUNATH, Jonathan H. RUSSELL, Lynn I. STREJA, Keith C. STRICKLING, Garrett L. WEINBERG