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GRUBER THOMAS R
US67 patents
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APPLE INC
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Voice trigger for a digital assistant
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Digital assistant services based on device capabilities
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Multi-command single utterance input method
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Systems and methods for integrating third party services with a digital assistant
APPLE INC198 citations98
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Application integration with a digital assistant
APPLE INC179 citations98
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Intelligent automated assistant
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Voice trigger for a digital assistant
APPLE INC273 citations98
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Device, method, and graphical user interface for enabling conversation persistence across two or more instances of a digital assistant
APPLE INC169 citations98
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Context-sensitive handling of interruptions
APPLE INC91 citations98
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Multi-command single utterance input method
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Training an at least partial voice command system
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Application integration with a digital assistant
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Using context information to facilitate processing of commands in a virtual assistant
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Exemplar-based natural language processing
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Dynamic thresholds for always listening speech trigger
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Exemplar-based natural language processing
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Exemplar-based natural language processing
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Systems and methods for integrating third party services with a digital assistant
APPLE INC34 citations94
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Far-field extension for digital assistant services
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User training by intelligent digital assistant
APPLE INC30 citations94
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Intelligent automated assistant
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Crowd sourcing information to fulfill user requests
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Application integration with a digital assistant
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Device, method, and graphical user interface for enabling conversation persistence across two or more instances of a digital assistant
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Multi-command single utterance input method
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Actionable reminder entries
APPLE INC43 citations93
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Adjusting alarms based on sleep onset latency
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Adjusting alarms based on sleep onset latency
APPLE INC19 citations93
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Voice trigger for a digital assistant
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Automatically adapting user interfaces for hands-free interaction
APPLE INC24 citations92
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System and method for user-specified pronunciation of words for speech synthesis and recognition
APPLE INC34 citations92
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Multi-modal interfaces having selection disambiguation and text modification capability
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Intelligent automated assistant in a messaging environment
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Intelligent automated assistant in a messaging environment
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Intelligent automated assistant
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Application integration with a digital assistant
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Systems and methods for hands-free notification summaries
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Intelligent automated assistant in a messaging environment
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System and method for user-specified pronunciation of words for speech synthesis and recognition
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Adjusting alarms based on sleep onset latency
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Adjusting alarms based on sleep onset latency
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Voice trigger for a digital assistant
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Device, method, and graphical user interface for enabling conversation persistence across two or more instances of a digital assistant
APPLE INC3 citations74
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Voice trigger for a digital assistant
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Voice trigger for a digital assistant
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Voice trigger for a digital assistant
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Intelligent organization of tasks items
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GRUBER THOMAS R
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