公开(公告)号：US10956666B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-23

申请号：US15164630

申请日：2016-05-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Marcos Regis Vescovi ,  Tomás A. Vega Galvez ,  Pierre Karashchuk ,  Thomas R. Gruber ,  Didier R. Guzzoni

IPC: G06F40/186 ,  G06F16/33 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G06Q10/10 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G10L15/22

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.

公开(公告)号：US11886805B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-30

申请号：US17129595

申请日：2020-12-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Marcos Regis Vescovi ,  Tomás A. Vega Galvez ,  Pierre Karashchuk ,  Thomas R. Gruber ,  Didier R. Guzzoni

IPC: G06F40/186 ,  G06F16/33 ,  G06Q10/0631 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G06Q10/101 ,  G06F3/04842 ,  G10L15/22

CPC classification number: G06F40/186 ,  G06F3/04842 ,  G06F3/167 ,  G06F16/3344 ,  G06Q10/06311 ,  G06Q10/101 ,  G10L2015/223

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.