Intelligent digital assistant in a multi-tasking environment
First Claim
1. A method for providing a digital assistant service, comprising:
- at a user device with one or more processors and memory;
receiving a speech input from a user to manage one or more user configurable system settings of the user device, wherein the user device is concurrently displaying a plurality of graphical user interfaces associated with a plurality of corresponding applications;
identifying context information associated with the user device;
determining a user intent based on the speech input and context information;
determining whether the user intent indicates an informational request related to the one or more user configurable system settings of the user device or a request for performing a task related to one of the plurality of corresponding applications;
in accordance with a determination that the user intent indicates the informational request related to the one or more user configurable system settings of the user device;
providing a spoken response to the informational request including a status of the one or more user configurable system settings of the user device;
displaying an affordance for managing the one or more user configurable system settings of the user device; and
displaying a link associated with the informational request, wherein the link displays a user interface for managing the one or more user configurable system settings when selected by the user; and
in accordance with a determination that the user intent indicates a request for performing the task, instantiating a process associated with the user device to perform the task.
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Abstract
Systems and processes for operating a digital assistant are provided. In one example, a method includes receiving a first speech input from a user. The method further includes identifying context information and determining a user intent based on the first speech input and the context information. The method further includes determining whether the user intent is to perform a task using a searching process or an object managing process. The searching process is configured to search data, and the object managing process is configured to manage objects. The method further includes, in accordance with a determination the user intent is to perform the task using the searching process, performing the task using the searching process; and in accordance with the determination that the user intent is to perform the task using the object managing process, performing the task using the object managing process.
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44 Claims
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1. A method for providing a digital assistant service, comprising:
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at a user device with one or more processors and memory; receiving a speech input from a user to manage one or more user configurable system settings of the user device, wherein the user device is concurrently displaying a plurality of graphical user interfaces associated with a plurality of corresponding applications; identifying context information associated with the user device; determining a user intent based on the speech input and context information; determining whether the user intent indicates an informational request related to the one or more user configurable system settings of the user device or a request for performing a task related to one of the plurality of corresponding applications; in accordance with a determination that the user intent indicates the informational request related to the one or more user configurable system settings of the user device; providing a spoken response to the informational request including a status of the one or more user configurable system settings of the user device; displaying an affordance for managing the one or more user configurable system settings of the user device; and displaying a link associated with the informational request, wherein the link displays a user interface for managing the one or more user configurable system settings when selected by the user; and in accordance with a determination that the user intent indicates a request for performing the task, instantiating a process associated with the user device to perform the task. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A user device comprising:
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one or more processors; memory; and one or more programs stored in memory, the one or more programs including instructions for performing; receiving a speech input from a user to manage one or more user configurable system settings of the user device, wherein the user device is concurrently displaying a plurality of graphical user interfaces associated with a plurality of corresponding applications; identifying context information associated with the user device; determining a user intent based on the speech input and context information; determining whether the user intent indicates an informational request related to the one or more user configurable system settings of the user device or a request for performing a task related to one of the plurality of corresponding applications; in accordance with a determination that the user intent indicates the informational request related to the one or more user configurable system settings of the user device; providing a spoken response to the informational request including a status of the one or more user configurable system settings of the user device; displaying an affordance for managing the one or more user configurable system settings of the user device; and displaying a link associated with the informational request, wherein the link displays a user interface for managing the one or more user configurable system settings when selected by the user; and in accordance with a determination that the user intent indicates a request for performing the task, instantiating a process associated with the user device to perform the task. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising one or more programs for execution by one or more processors of a user device, the one or more programs including instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the user device to:
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receive a speech input from a user to manage one or more user configurable system settings of the user device, wherein the user device is concurrently displaying a plurality of graphical user interfaces associated with a plurality of corresponding applications; identify context information associated with the user device; determine a user intent based on the speech input and context information; determine whether the user intent indicates an informational request related to the one or more user configurable system settings of the user device or a request for performing a task related to one of the plurality of corresponding applications; in accordance with a determination that the user intent indicates the informational request related to the one or more user configurable system settings of the user device; provide a spoken response to the informational request including a status of the one or more user configurable system settings of the user device; display an affordance for managing the one or more user configurable system settings of the user device; and display a link associated with the informational request, wherein the link displays a user interface for managing the one or more user configurable system settings when selected by the user; and in accordance with a determination that the user intent indicates a request for performing the task, instantiate a process associated with the user device to perform the task. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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