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US 10,944,859 B2Granted
Accelerated task performance
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsAri Weinstein, John Blatz
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Abstract
Systems and processes for accelerating task performance are provided. An example method includes, at an electronic device including a display and one or more input devices, displaying, on the display, a user interface including a suggestion affordance associated with a task, detecting, via the one or more input devices, a first user input corresponding to a selection of the suggestion affordance, in response to detecting the first user input: in accordance with a determination that the task is a task of a first type, performing the task, and in accordance with a determination that the task is a task of a second type different than the first type, displaying a confirmation interface including a confirmation affordance.
Claims27
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by one or more processors of an electronic device, cause the electronic device to:
- receive a natural-language speech input including a first component and a second component;
- in response to determining that the first component of the natural-language speech input includes a voice trigger and without receiving any additional input:
- determine whether the second component of the natural-language speech input satisfies voice shortcut criteria;
- in accordance with a determination that the second component of the natural-language speech input satisfies the voice shortcut criteria:
- identify at least two tasks associated with a voice shortcut of the natural-language speech input, wherein the voice shortcut is a user-generated phrase associated with a user of the electronic device;
- identify a first parameter for performing a first task of the at least two tasks, wherein a value of the first parameter for performing the first task was specified by the user and validated for use in performing the first task during creation of the voice shortcut;
- cause a first software application to perform the first task using the first parameter;
- and
- cause a second software application to perform a second task of the at least two tasks;
- wherein the second task is different from the first task;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that the natural-language speech input does not satisfy the voice shortcut criteria:
- identify a task associated with the natural-language speech input;
- and
- perform the task associated with the natural-language speech input.
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A method, comprising:
- at an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface:
- receiving a natural-language speech input including a first component and a second component;
- in response to determining that the first component of the natural-language speech input includes a voice trigger and without receiving any additional input:
- determining whether the second component of the natural-language speech input satisfies voice shortcut criteria;
- in accordance with a determination that the second component of the natural-language speech input satisfies the voice shortcut criteria:
- identifying at least two tasks associated with a voice shortcut of the natural-language speech input, wherein the voice shortcut is a user-generated phrase associated with a user of the electronic device;
- identifying a first parameter for performing a first task of the at least two tasks, wherein a value of the first parameter for performing the first task was specified by the user and validated for use in performing the first task during creation of the voice shortcut;
- causing a first software application to perform the first task using the first parameter;
- and
- causing a second software application to perform a second task of the at least two tasks;
- wherein the second task is different from the first task;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that the second component of the natural-language speech input does not satisfy the voice shortcut criteria:
- identifying a task associated with the natural-language speech input;
- and
- performing the task associated with the natural-language speech input.
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An electronic device, 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 speech input including a first component and a second component;
- in response to determining that the first component of the natural-language speech input includes a voice trigger and without receiving any additional input:
- determining whether the second component of the natural-language speech input satisfies voice shortcut criteria;
- in accordance with a determination that the second component of the natural-language speech input satisfies the voice shortcut criteria:
- identifying at least two tasks associated with a voice shortcut of the natural-language speech input, wherein the voice shortcut is a user-generated phrase associated with a user of the electronic device;
- identifying a first parameter for performing a first task of the at least two tasks, wherein a value of the first parameter for performing the first task was specified by the user and validated for use in performing the first task during creation of the voice shortcut;
- causing a first software application to perform the first task using the first parameter;
- and
- causing a second software application to perform a second task of the at least two tasks;
- wherein the second task is different from the first task;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that the second component of the natural-language speech input does not satisfy the voice shortcut criteria:
- identifying a task associated with the natural-language speech input;
- and
- performing the task associated with the natural-language speech input.
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