Inventor
BRIGHAM CHRISTOPHER DEAN
US16 patents
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APPLE INC
12 patentsUS8942986B2Jan 27, 2015
Determining user intent based on ontologies of domains
APPLE INC411 citations99
US8892446B2Nov 18, 2014
Service orchestration for intelligent automated assistant
APPLE INC432 citations99
US8799000B2Aug 5, 2014
Disambiguation based on active input elicitation by intelligent automated assistant
APPLE INC345 citations99
US8731942B2May 20, 2014
Maintaining context information between user interactions with a voice assistant
APPLE INC348 citations99
US8706503B2Apr 22, 2014
Intent deduction based on previous user interactions with voice assistant
APPLE INC448 citations99
US8660849B2Feb 25, 2014
Prioritizing selection criteria by automated assistant
APPLE INC618 citations99
US10706841B2Jul 7, 2020
Task flow identification based on user intent
APPLE INC118 citations98
US8930191B2Jan 6, 2015
Paraphrasing of user requests and results by automated digital assistant
APPLE INC427 citations98
US8670979B2Mar 11, 2014
Active input elicitation by intelligent automated assistant
APPLE INC478 citations98
US11423886B2Aug 23, 2022
Task flow identification based on user intent
APPLE INC17 citations94
US12165635B2Dec 10, 2024
Intelligent automated assistant
APPLE INC3 citations85
US12431128B2Sep 30, 2025
Task flow identification based on user intent
APPLE INC0 citations73
GRUBER THOMAS ROBERT
3 patentsUS9858925B2Jan 2, 2018
Using context information to facilitate processing of commands in a virtual assistant
GRUBER THOMAS ROBERT335 citations98
US9548050B2Jan 17, 2017
Intelligent automated assistant
GRUBER THOMAS ROBERT412 citations98
US9318108B2Apr 19, 2016
Intelligent automated assistant
GRUBER THOMAS ROBERT674 citations98