Interface for a virtual digital assistant

A computer-implemented method of operating a digital assistant on an electronic device having one or more processors, memory, and a display, the method comprising:

• receiving, at the electronic device, an alert, wherein the electronic device is in lock screen mode;
• displaying, on the display, a notification of the alert on a lock screen of the electronic device, wherein the notification includes at least one context variable corresponding to a parameter of the alert;
• updating a set of historical context variables to include the at least one context variable corresponding to the alert;
• determining, based on the at least one context variable corresponding to the alert, an object preference;
• while displaying the notification of the alert on the lock screen of the electronic device, receiving activation of a digital assistant;
• in response to receiving the activation of the digital assistant, displaying, on the display, a user interface of the digital assistant;
• while displaying the user interface of the digital assistant:
• receiving a spoken user input;
• and
• in response to receiving the spoken user input:
• displaying, in the user interface of the digital assistant, a representation of the spoken user input;
• interpreting the spoken user input based at least in part on context information derived from the updated set of historical context variables;
• ranking, based on the interpreted spoken user input and the object preference, each context variable of the set of historical context variables;
• identifying at least one task based at least in part on the interpreted spoken user input and the ranked context variables;
• and
• displaying, in the user interface of the digital assistant, a representation of the at least one task;
• and
• executing the at least one task.

An electronic device, comprising:

• a display;
• one or more processors;
• and
• memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
• receiving, at the electronic device, an alert, wherein the electronic device is in lock screen mode;
• displaying, on the display, a notification of the alert on a lock screen of the electronic device, wherein the notification includes at least one context variable corresponding to a parameter of the alert;
• updating a set of historical context variables to include the at least one context variable corresponding to the alert;
• determining, based on the at least one context variable corresponding to the alert, an object preference;
• while displaying the notification of the alert on the lock screen of the electronic device, receiving activation of a digital assistant;
• in response to receiving the activation of the digital assistant, displaying, on the display, a user interface of the digital assistant;
• while displaying the user interface of the digital assistant:
• receiving a spoken user input;
• and
• in response to receiving the spoken user input:
• displaying, in the user interface of the digital assistant, a representation of the spoken user input;
• interpreting the spoken user input based at least in part on context information derived from the updated set of historical context variables;
• ranking, based on the interpreted spoken user input and the object preference, each context variable of the set of historical context variables;
• identifying at least one task based at least in part on the interpreted spoken user input and the ranked context variables;
• and
• displaying, in the user interface of the digital assistant, a representation of the at least one task;
• and
• executing the at least one task.