公开(公告)号：US11516221B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-29

申请号：US16877395

申请日：2020-05-18

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Thomas Alsina

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  G06F21/32 ,  G06F21/62 ,  H04L9/40

Abstract: A device implementing a system for responding to a voice request includes a processor configured to receive a voice request, the device being associated with a user account, and determine, based on the voice request, a confidence score that the voice request corresponds to a voice profile associated with the user account. The processor is further configured to select, based at least in part on a content of the voice request and the confidence score, a request domain from among plural request domains for responding to the voice request, and provide for a response to the voice request based on the selected request domain.

公开(公告)号：US20220295436A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-15

申请号：US17707576

申请日：2022-03-29

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Thomas Alsina ,  Taylor G. Carrigan ,  Szu-Wen Huang ,  Eric S. Lee ,  William M. Bachman ,  Jeffrey L. Robbin ,  Steve S. Gedikian ,  Nicholas J. Paulson ,  Gregory R. Chapman ,  David P. Saracino ,  Steven P. Bischoff

IPC: H04W56/00 ,  H04L67/104 ,  G06F3/16 ,  H04N21/4363 ,  H04N21/439 ,  H04N21/4788 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/43 ,  H04L65/60 ,  H04W4/08

Abstract: Methods and systems provide synchronized sharing of multimedia between multiple devices. The multiple devices may form an ad-hoc network for sharing of multimedia. In an embodiment, group members may have playlist manipulation privileges such as pausing, rewinding, fast forwarding, or adding tracks to the playlist. A system may stream or distribute content according to the shared playlist. Playback may be synchronized for group members so that everyone is exposed to a same part of the content as the same time.

公开(公告)号：US20220248101A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-04

申请号：US17584281

申请日：2022-01-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Erik Lindholm ,  Christopher D. Carvey ,  Thomas Alsina

IPC: H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/4402 ,  H04N21/482

Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates selection of a format for the playback of content. In some embodiments, while displaying, via a display generation component, a content playback user interface for a first content item that is playing at the electronic device, wherein the electronic device is playing the first content item in a first format, in accordance with a determination that the first content item is available in a second format, different from the first format, and that a currently-active output device for playing the first content item is compatible with the second format, the electronic device displays, in the content playback user interface, a selectable option that is selectable to initiate a process to switch from playing the first content item in the first format to playing the first content item in the second format.

公开(公告)号：US20210234781A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-29

申请号：US17228344

申请日：2021-04-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Thomas Alsina ,  Arvind S. Shenoy ,  Ketankumar B. Patel ,  Nicholas J. Paulson ,  Pierre de Lastic

IPC: H04L12/26 ,  H04L29/06 ,  G06F16/40

Abstract: In some implementations, a computing system can reduce startup delays for presenting remote media items. For example, when a user requests media content from a media service, the computing system can include information about the first media item to be played in the initial startup messages to reduce the number of roundtrips needed between client and server devices to present the first media item. A media item can include an introductory asset. The introductory asset can be a portion of the full media item that can be decrypted with a local key or not encrypted at all so that a media client can receive and start presenting the introductory media asset quickly while the full media item is being processed by the media client. In some implementations, the system can remove leading silence from the media item so that the amount of delay perceived by the user is reduced.

公开(公告)号：US20210212140A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-08

申请号：US17212897

申请日：2021-03-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Deepak Iyer ,  Thomas Alsina ,  Edward T. Schmidt ,  Elena Leyfman ,  David P. Saracino ,  Astrid Yi ,  Adam A. Sonnanstine ,  Jonathan A. Bennett ,  Gregory R. Chapman ,  Aparna S. Akella ,  Shreyas Nandagudi Sreesha

IPC: H04W76/14 ,  H04W76/11 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04W12/50

Abstract: In some implementations a system can be configured to reduce the burden of pairing user devices with playback devices. For example, all users (or user devices) who commonly operate within a particular environment (e.g., a home) can be configured as authorized users of playback devices within the particular environment. When one of the authorized users pairs a user device with a playback device, all of the user devices for all authorized users can be automatically paired with the playback device as a result of the single pairing. Thus, only a single authorized user is burdened with the pairing process in order to pair all authorized users with the playback device.

公开(公告)号：US11050737B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-29

申请号：US16579712

申请日：2019-09-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jay S. Coggin ,  Daniel C. Klingler ,  Kyle C. Brogle ,  Johannes P. Schmidt ,  Eric A. Allamanche ,  Thomas Alsina ,  Bob Bradley ,  Alex T. Nelson ,  Rudolph Van Der Merwe ,  Joseph M. Triscari ,  Keun Sup Lee ,  Pedro Mari ,  Aaron M. Elder ,  Richard M. Powell

IPC: G06F7/04 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04W12/06 ,  G06F21/00 ,  G06F21/45 ,  H04W12/50

Abstract: The embodiments set forth a technique for enabling a computing device to securely configure a peripheral computing device. According to some embodiments, the method can include the steps of (1) approving a request received from the peripheral computing device to engage in a setup procedure for the peripheral computing device, (2) receiving, from the peripheral computing device: (i) an audio signal that encodes a password and timing information, and (ii) a light signal. Additionally, the method can involve, in response to identifying that the timing information correlates with the light signal: (3) extracting the password from the audio signal, and (4) establishing a communication link with the peripheral computing device based on the password. In turn, the method can involve (5) providing configuration information to the peripheral computing device over the communication link.

公开(公告)号：US11017444B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-25

申请号：US14871807

申请日：2015-09-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Thomas Alsina ,  Arvind S. Shenoy ,  Matthew J. Laine ,  Zachary T. Friedland

IPC: G06Q30/00 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G06F21/62 ,  H04N21/2743 ,  H04N21/258 ,  G06F21/10 ,  H04N21/00

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for uploading, by a verified party, verified-party content to a media platform, receiving requests by a client device for store content, and displaying the uploaded verified-party content along with store content on the client device.

公开(公告)号：US10991013B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-27

申请号：US14728791

申请日：2015-06-02

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： David T. Wilson ,  Thomas Alsina

IPC: G06Q30/02

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for determining a context of a client device and selecting media content items to present at the client device based on their compatibility with the context. The context is based at least on the co-presentation rules associated with the content previously presented at the client device. Available media content items, such as invitational content items are evaluated with respect to the context, and presented according to their compatibility with at least a present context at the client device.

公开(公告)号：US10949564B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-16

申请号：US16137392

申请日：2018-09-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Thomas Alsina ,  Joseph A. Tyson ,  David K. Heller ,  James M. Costello

IPC: G06F21/62 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04L29/12 ,  H04L9/08 ,  H04L9/32 ,  H04L9/06 ,  G06F21/60 ,  G06F16/27

Abstract: This application relates to a client-server architecture that enables user accounts registered with a service to be discoverable to other users of the service. A discovery protocol includes accessing personal information data stored in an address book of a client device, obfuscating the personal information data, transmitting a request to a service to determine if the obfuscated personal information data matches any potential contacts that have registered as discoverable with the service, and comparing information related to the potential contacts with the contacts included in the address book to determine if the contacts in the address book match any of the potential contacts.

公开(公告)号：US10909171B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-02

申请号：US16290737

申请日：2019-03-01

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： David Chance Graham ,  Cyrus Daniel Irani ,  Aimee Piercy ,  Thomas Alsina

IPC: G10L15/22 ,  G06F16/632 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G06F16/432 ,  G06F16/435 ,  G06F16/683 ,  G06F16/635 ,  G06F16/332 ,  G06F9/451 ,  G10L15/18 ,  G10L15/30

Abstract: 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.