Patents by Inventor Seth J. HILDICK-SMITH

Seth J. HILDICK-SMITH 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).

  • Patent number: 11888791
    Abstract: Systems and processes for providing response suggestions are provided. In one example process, a textual representation of a message is received. Based on the textual representation of the message, one or more response categories and a predetermined number of suggested inputs corresponding to each of the one of more response categories are obtained. Based on the predetermined number of suggested inputs corresponding to each of the one of more response categories, one or more suggested inputs for each of the one or more response categories are determined. The one or more suggested inputs are provided as response suggestions to the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Vojtech Jina, Seth J. Hildick-Smith, Peter M. Kirby, Vivek Kumar Rangarajan Sridhar
  • Patent number: 11610065
    Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. For example, a first message is received, wherein a semantic representation of the first message is obtained. In accordance with a determination that the semantic representation of the first message is within a predefined distance of a stored semantic representation, one or more stored reply message representations within the predefined distance of the semantic representation of the first message are identified. The one or more stored reply message representations may correspond to one or more messages previously sent, by a user of the electronic device, in response to a previously received second message. The second message may be semantically similar to the first message. One or more reply messages are provided based on the one or more identified reply message representations, wherein the one or more reply message suggestions are provided as suggested responses to the first message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Seth J. Hildick-Smith, Darwin Vickers, Muuo Wambua
  • Publication number: 20220021631
    Abstract: Systems and processes for providing response suggestions are provided. In one example process, a textual representation of a message is received. Based on the textual representation of the message, one or more response categories and a predetermined number of suggested inputs corresponding to each of the one of more response categories are obtained. Based on the predetermined number of suggested inputs corresponding to each of the one of more response categories, one or more suggested inputs for each of the one or more response categories are determined. The one or more suggested inputs are provided as response suggestions to the message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Vojtech JINA, Seth J. HILDICK-SMITH, Peter M. KIRBY, Vivek Kumar RANGARAJAN SRIDHAR
  • Publication number: 20210390259
    Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. For example, a first message is received, wherein a semantic representation of the first message is obtained. In accordance with a determination that the semantic representation of the first message is within a predefined distance of a stored semantic representation, one or more stored reply message representations within the predefined distance of the semantic representation of the first message are identified. The one or more stored reply message representations may correspond to one or more messages previously sent, by a user of the electronic device, in response to a previously received second message. The second message may be semantically similar to the first message. One or more reply messages are provided based on the one or more identified reply message representations, wherein the one or more reply message suggestions are provided as suggested responses to the first message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Seth J. HILDICK-SMITH, Darwin VICKERS, Muuo WAMBUA
  • Patent number: 11140099
    Abstract: Systems and processes for providing response suggestions are provided. In one example process, a textual representation of a message is received. Based on the textual representation of the message, one or more response categories and a predetermined number of suggested inputs corresponding to each of the one of more response categories are obtained. Based on the predetermined number of suggested inputs corresponding to each of the one of more response categories, one or more suggested inputs for each of the one or more response categories are determined. The one or more suggested inputs are provided as response suggestions to the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Vojtech Jina, Seth J. Hildick-Smith, Peter M. Kirby, Vivek Kumar Rangarajan Sridhar
  • Publication number: 20200374243
    Abstract: Systems and processes for providing response suggestions are provided. In one example process, a textual representation of a message is received. Based on the textual representation of the message, one or more response categories and a predetermined number of suggested inputs corresponding to each of the one of more response categories are obtained. Based on the predetermined number of suggested inputs corresponding to each of the one of more response categories, one or more suggested inputs for each of the one or more response categories are determined. The one or more suggested inputs are provided as response suggestions to the message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Vojtech JINA, Seth J. HILDICK-SMITH, Peter M. KIRBY, Vivek Kumar RANGARAJAN SRIDHAR