Patents by Inventor Pierre KARASHCHUK

Pierre KARASHCHUK 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).

  • Unconventional virtual assistant interactions
    Patent number: 11886805
    Abstract: An exemplary method of using a virtual assistant may include receiving an unstructured natural-language user request for a service from a virtual assistant; determining whether the user request corresponds to at least one of a plurality of plan templates accessible to the virtual assistant, based on the content of the user request and the content of the plan templates; in accordance with a determination that the user request corresponds to at least one of the plurality of plan templates, selecting one of the plurality of plan templates; and in accordance with a determination the user request fails to correspond to at least one of the plurality of plan templates, foregoing selection of a plan template; and in response to selection of one of the plan templates, beginning to respond to the user request according to the selected plan template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marcos Regis Vescovi, Tomás A. Vega Galvez, Pierre Karashchuk, Thomas R. Gruber, Didier R. Guzzoni
  • UNCONVENTIONAL VIRTUAL ASSISTANT INTERACTIONS
    Publication number: 20210110106
    Abstract: An exemplary method of using a virtual assistant may include receiving an unstructured natural-language user request for a service from a virtual assistant; determining whether the user request corresponds to at least one of a plurality of plan templates accessible to the virtual assistant, based on the content of the user request and the content of the plan templates; in accordance with a determination that the user request corresponds to at least one of the plurality of plan templates, selecting one of the plurality of plan templates; and in accordance with a determination the user request fails to correspond to at least one of the plurality of plan templates, foregoing selection of a plan template; and in response to selection of one of the plan templates, beginning to respond to the user request according to the selected plan template.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Marcos Regis VESCOVI, Tomás A. VEGA GALVEZ, Pierre KARASHCHUK, Thomas R. GRUBER, Didier R. GUZZONI
  • Unconventional virtual assistant interactions
    Patent number: 10956666
    Abstract: An exemplary method of using a virtual assistant may include receiving an unstructured natural-language user request for a service from a virtual assistant; determining whether the user request corresponds to at least one of a plurality of plan templates accessible to the virtual assistant, based on the content of the user request and the content of the plan templates; in accordance with a determination that the user request corresponds to at least one of the plurality of plan templates, selecting one of the plurality of plan templates; and in accordance with a determination the user request fails to correspond to at least one of the plurality of plan templates, foregoing selection of a plan template; and in response to selection of one of the plan templates, beginning to respond to the user request according to the selected plan template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marcos Regis Vescovi, Tomás A. Vega Galvez, Pierre Karashchuk, Thomas R. Gruber, Didier R. Guzzoni
  • UNCONVENTIONAL VIRTUAL ASSISTANT INTERACTIONS
    Publication number: 20170132199
    Abstract: An exemplary method of using a virtual assistant may include receiving an unstructured natural-language user request for a service from a virtual assistant; determining whether the user request corresponds to at least one of a plurality of plan templates accessible to the virtual assistant, based on the content of the user request and the content of the plan templates; in accordance with a determination that the user request corresponds to at least one of the plurality of plan templates, selecting one of the plurality of plan templates; and in accordance with a determination the user request fails to correspond to at least one of the plurality of plan templates, foregoing selection of a plan template; and in response to selection of one of the plan templates, beginning to respond to the user request according to the selected plan template.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Marcos Regis VESCOVI, Tomás A. VEGA GALVEZ, Pierre KARASHCHUK, Thomas R. GRUBER, Didier R. GUZZONI