Application integration with a digital assistant

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12293763-B2
Application number	US-202318226765-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 26, 2023
Priority date	Jun 11, 2016
Publication date	May 6, 2025
Grant date	May 6, 2025

Abstract

Systems and processes for application integration with a digital assistant are provided. In accordance with one example, a method includes, at an electronic device having one or more processors and memory, receiving a natural-language user input; identifying, with the one or more processors, an intent object of a set of intent objects and a parameter associated with the intent, where the intent object and the parameter are derived from the natural-language user input. The method further includes identifying a software application associated with the intent object of the set of intent objects; and providing the intent object and the parameter to the software application.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
one or more electronic devices, each electronic device of the one or more electronic devices comprising:
one or more processors; a memory; and one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
receiving a natural-language user input;
determining, based on the natural-language user input, an intent of a set of intents and a plurality of parameters associated with the intent, wherein the plurality of parameters correspond to a software application;
identifying the software application based on at least one of the intent or the parameter;
providing the intent and the plurality of parameters to the software application;
confirming whether a task corresponding to the intent can be performed with the software application; and
receiving a plurality of responses from the software application, wherein the plurality of responses are indicative of whether the plurality of parameters is valid.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein determining, based on the natural-language user input, an intent of a set of intents and a plurality of parameters associated with the intent comprises:
determining, with a first electronic device of the one or more electronic devices, the intent of the set of intents and the plurality of parameters associated with the intent; and
wherein providing the intent and the parameter to the software application comprises:
providing, with a second electronic device of the one or more electronic devices, the intent and the plurality of parameters to the software application.

3. The system of claim 2 , the one or more programs including instructions for:
providing, with the first electronic device of the one or more electronic devices, a command to the second electronic device of the one or more electronic devices; and
in response to the command, determining, with the second electronic device, whether the software application is permitted to access data associated with the intent.

4. The system of claim 1 , the one or more programs including instructions for:
identifying the software application based on the natural-language user input; and
determining whether the intent of the set of intents corresponds to a registered intent of the software application, wherein the intent and the plurality of parameters are determined only in accordance with a determination that the intent corresponds to a registered intent of the software application.

5. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
at one or more electronic devices, each electronic device of the one or more electronic devices including one or more processors and memory:
receiving a natural-language user input;
determining, based on the natural-language user input, an intent of a set of intents and a plurality of parameters associated with the intent, wherein the plurality of parameters correspond to a software application;
identifying the software application based on at least one of the intent or the parameter;
providing the intent and the plurality of parameters to the software application;
confirming whether a task corresponding to the intent can be performed with the software application; and
receiving a plurality of responses from the software application, wherein the plurality of responses are indicative of whether the plurality of parameters is valid.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein determining, based on the natural-language user input, an intent of a set of intents and a plurality of parameters associated with the intent comprises:
determining, with a first electronic device of the one or more electronic devices, the intent of the set of intents and the plurality of parameters associated with the intent; and
wherein providing the intent and the plurality of parameters to the software application comprises:
providing, with a second electronic device of the one or more electronic devices, the intent and the plurality of parameters to the software application.

7. The method of claim 6 , comprising:
providing, with the first electronic device of the one or more electronic devices, a command to the second electronic device of the one or more electronic devices; and
in response to the command, determining, with the second electronic device, whether the software application is permitted to access data associated with the intent.

8. The method of claim 5 , comprising:
identifying the software application based on the natural-language user input; and
determining whether the intent of the set of intents corresponds to a registered intent of the software application, wherein the intent and the plurality of parameters are determined only in accordance with a determination that the intent corresponds to a registered intent of the software application.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of one or more electronic devices, the one or more programs including instructions for:
receiving a natural-language user input;
determining, based on the natural-language user input, an intent of a set of intents and a plurality of parameters associated with the intent, wherein the plurality of parameters correspond to a software application;
identifying the software application based on at least one of the intent or the parameter;
providing the intent and the plurality of parameters to the software application;
confirming whether a task corresponding to the intent can be performed with the software application; and
receiving a plurality of responses from the software application, wherein the plurality of responses are indicative of whether the plurality of parameters is valid.

10. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein determining, based on the natural-language user input, an intent of a set of intents and a plurality of parameters associated with the intent comprises:
determining, with a first electronic device of the one or more electronic devices, the intent of the set of intents and the plurality of parameters associated with the intent; and
wherein providing the intent and the plurality of parameters to the software application comprises:
providing, with a second electronic device of the one or more electronic devices, the intent and the plurality of parameters to the software application.

11. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , the one or more programs including instructions for:
providing, with the first electronic device of the one or more electronic devices, a command to the second electronic device of the one or more electronic devices; and
in response to the command, determining, with the second electronic device, whether the software application is permitted to access data associated with the intent.

12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , the one or more programs including instructions for:
identifying the software application based on the natural-language user input; and
determining whether the intent of the set of intents corresponds to a registered intent of the software application, wherein the intent and the plurality of parameters are determined only in accordance with a determination that the intent corresponds to a registered intent of the software application.

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Walker Ii Robert A
• Newendorp Brandon J
• Dasari Rohit
• Giuli Richard D
• Gruber Thomas R
• Radebaugh Carey E
• Garg Ashish
• Khosla Vineet
• Russell Jonathan H
• Peterson Corey

Classifications

• G10L15/063

  Training · CPC title

• G06F40/35

  Discourse or dialogue representation · CPC title

• G10L2015/228

  of application context · CPC title

• G10L2015/223

  Execution procedure of a spoken command · CPC title

• G10L15/30

  Distributed recognition, e.g. in client-server systems, for mobile phones or network applications · CPC title