End-to-end user experiences with a digital assistant

A method for using a digital assistant operating on a device to support an end-to-end user experience, comprising:

• configuring the digital assistant to interact with a user of the device during the end-to-end user experience from initiation to conclusion using at least one of voice, physical interaction, or sensed gesture, wherein the digital assistant is configured to interoperate with one or more sensors disposed in the device, the sensors being configured to provide contextual data, in which the end-to-end user experience comprises one or more location-independent user experiences and one or more location-specific user experiences;
• receiving user input at the digital assistant in which, responsive to the received user input, the digital assistant interacts with applications to perform an operation in which the digital assistant is configured to implement the one or more location-independent user experiences based at least on the interactions with the applications;
• sensing proximity to a wireless transmitter that is configured to broadcast a UUID (universally unique identifier) to determine a location of the device relative to the wireless beacon using only the UUID;
• and
• implementing the one or more location-specific user experiences using the digital assistant based on the determined location and the contextual data from the one or more sensors.

One or more computer-readable memory devices storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors disposed in a computer server, cause the computer server to:

• receive an identification (ID) associated with a wireless beacon, the ID being transmitted by a device that detects only the ID when broadcast by the wireless beacon and senses proximity to the wireless beacon using only the detected ID, the device including a digital assistant configured to interact with a user of the device during an end-to-end user experience from initiation to conclusion and to perform one or more actions based on proximity to the wireless beacon, the end-to-end user experience including one or more location-independent user experiences and one or more location-specific user experiences, wherein the digital assistant is configured to interoperate with one or more sensors disposed in the device and with one or more applications to provide the one or more location-independent user experiences, the sensors being configured to provide contextual data;
• attempt to authenticate the device or the user of the device using the received ID;
• and
• if authentication is successful, enable access to the device or user to one or more resources or locations that are restricted to only authenticated users or authenticated devices as part of the location-specific user experiences.