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Thomas R. Gruber
Also filed as: GRUBER THOMAS · GRUBER THOMAS R · GRUBER THOMAS ROBERT
91 granted patents·22 pending applications·9,228 citations·filing 2001–2025
99Inventor score
Files withAPPLE INC99GRUBER THOMAS ROBERT6KONINKL PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV4GRUBER THOMAS R2OPEN TEXT SA ULC1
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113 records- 0199US12087308B2Intelligent automated assistantAPPLE INC·Filed 2020·Granted Sep 10, 2024·11 cites·39 claims
- 0299US11269678B2Systems and methods for integrating third party services with a digital assistantAPPLE INC·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 8, 2022·34 cites·21 claims
- 0399US10417037B2Systems and methods for integrating third party services with a digital assistantAPPLE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 17, 2019·198 cites·52 claims
- 0499US10276170B2Intelligent automated assistantAPPLE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 30, 2019·265 cites·35 claims
- 0599US10078487B2Context-sensitive handling of interruptionsAPPLE INC·Filed 2014·Granted Sep 18, 2018·91 cites·23 claims
- 0699US9280610B2Crowd sourcing information to fulfill user requestsAPPLE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 8, 2016·162 cites·27 claims
- 0799US8892446B2Service orchestration for intelligent automated assistantAPPLE INC·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 18, 2014·432 cites·21 claims
- 0899US8799000B2Disambiguation based on active input elicitation by intelligent automated assistantAPPLE INC·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 5, 2014·345 cites·27 claims
- 0999US8706503B2Intent deduction based on previous user interactions with voice assistantAPPLE INC·Filed 2012·Granted Apr 22, 2014·448 cites·18 claims
- 1099US8660849B2Prioritizing selection criteria by automated assistantAPPLE INC·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 25, 2014·618 cites·21 claims
- 1198US11423886B2Task flow identification based on user intentAPPLE INC·Filed 2020·Granted Aug 23, 2022·17 cites·54 claims
- 1298US10978090B2Voice trigger for a digital assistantAPPLE INC·Filed 2020·Granted Apr 13, 2021·99 cites·51 claims
- 1398US10748546B2Digital assistant services based on device capabilitiesAPPLE INC·Filed 2019·Granted Aug 18, 2020·143 cites·45 claims
- 1498US10741185B2Intelligent automated assistantAPPLE INC·Filed 2019·Granted Aug 11, 2020·23 cites·54 claims
- 1598US10706841B2Task flow identification based on user intentAPPLE INC·Filed 2016·Granted Jul 7, 2020·118 cites·60 claims
- 1698US10497365B2Multi-command single utterance input methodAPPLE INC·Filed 2018·Granted Dec 3, 2019·152 cites·45 claims
- 1798US10475446B2Using context information to facilitate processing of commands in a virtual assistantAPPLE INC·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 12, 2019·86 cites·27 claims
- 1898US10199051B2Voice trigger for a digital assistantAPPLE INC·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 5, 2019·273 cites·48 claims
- 1998US10185542B2Device, method, and graphical user interface for enabling conversation persistence across two or more instances of a digital assistantAPPLE INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jan 22, 2019·169 cites·48 claims
- 2098US9966065B2Multi-command single utterance input methodAPPLE INC·Filed 2015·Granted May 8, 2018·259 cites·72 claims
- 2198US9953088B2Crowd sourcing information to fulfill user requestsAPPLE INC·Filed 2016·Granted Apr 24, 2018·32 cites·31 claims
- 2298US9922642B2Training an at least partial voice command systemAPPLE INC·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 20, 2018·234 cites·22 claims
- 2398US9858925B2Using context information to facilitate processing of commands in a virtual assistantGRUBER THOMAS ROBERT·Filed 2011·Granted Jan 2, 2018·335 cites·95 claims
- 2498US9548050B2Intelligent automated assistantGRUBER THOMAS ROBERT·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 17, 2017·412 cites·24 claims
- 2598US9495129B2Device, method, and user interface for voice-activated navigation and browsing of a documentAPPLE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Nov 15, 2016·257 cites·14 claims
- 2698US9318108B2Intelligent automated assistantGRUBER THOMAS ROBERT·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 19, 2016·674 cites·48 claims
- 2798US9117447B2Using event alert text as input to an automated assistantAPPLE INC·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 25, 2015·405 cites·27 claims
- 2898US8930191B2Paraphrasing of user requests and results by automated digital assistantAPPLE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jan 6, 2015·427 cites·30 claims
- 2998US8903716B2Personalized vocabulary for digital assistantAPPLE INC·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 2, 2014·467 cites·30 claims
- 3098US8731942B2Maintaining context information between user interactions with a voice assistantAPPLE INC·Filed 2013·Granted May 20, 2014·348 cites·25 claims
- 3198US8670979B2Active input elicitation by intelligent automated assistantAPPLE INC·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 11, 2014·478 cites·27 claims
- 3297US12277954B2Voice trigger for a digital assistantAPPLE INC·Filed 2024·Granted Apr 15, 2025·2 cites·33 claims
- 3397US12165635B2Intelligent automated assistantAPPLE INC·Filed 2022·Granted Dec 10, 2024·3 cites·39 claims
- 3497US11152002B2Application integration with a digital assistantAPPLE INC·Filed 2020·Granted Oct 19, 2021·11 cites·18 claims
- 3597US11048473B2Device, method, and graphical user interface for enabling conversation persistence across two or more instances of a digital assistantAPPLE INC·Filed 2018·Granted Jun 29, 2021·25 cites·39 claims
- 3697US10789041B2Dynamic thresholds for always listening speech triggerAPPLE INC·Filed 2015·Granted Sep 29, 2020·80 cites·51 claims
- 3797US10580409B2Application integration with a digital assistantAPPLE INC·Filed 2018·Granted Mar 3, 2020·85 cites·15 claims
- 3897US10417344B2Exemplar-based natural language processingAPPLE INC·Filed 2018·Granted Sep 17, 2019·91 cites·18 claims
- 3997US10297253B2Application integration with a digital assistantAPPLE INC·Filed 2016·Granted May 21, 2019·179 cites·45 claims
- 4097US10169329B2Exemplar-based natural language processingAPPLE INC·Filed 2016·Granted Jan 1, 2019·197 cites·34 claims
- 4196US11862186B2Voice trigger for a digital assistantAPPLE INC·Filed 2022·Granted Jan 2, 2024·2 cites·45 claims
- 4296US11809886B2Intelligent automated assistant in a messaging environmentAPPLE INC·Filed 2022·Granted Nov 7, 2023·5 cites·36 claims
- 4396US11749275B2Application integration with a digital assistantAPPLE INC·Filed 2021·Granted Sep 5, 2023·6 cites·51 claims
- 4496US11557310B2Voice trigger for a digital assistantAPPLE INC·Filed 2022·Granted Jan 17, 2023·2 cites·45 claims
- 4596US11526368B2Intelligent automated assistant in a messaging environmentAPPLE INC·Filed 2020·Granted Dec 13, 2022·18 cites·81 claims
- 4696US11217255B2Far-field extension for digital assistant servicesAPPLE INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jan 4, 2022·37 cites·27 claims
- 4796US11151899B2User training by intelligent digital assistantAPPLE INC·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 19, 2021·30 cites·24 claims
- 4896US10691473B2Intelligent automated assistant in a messaging environmentAPPLE INC·Filed 2016·Granted Jun 23, 2020·34 cites·43 claims
- 4996US10241644B2Actionable reminder entriesAPPLE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 26, 2019·43 cites·76 claims
- 5096US10052061B2Adjusting alarms based on sleep onset latencyAPPLE INC·Filed 2017·Granted Aug 21, 2018·19 cites·21 claims
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