Reducing response latency of intelligent automated assistants

A system, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a memory;
• and
• one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and are configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
• receiving, from a remote device, a representation of a speech input containing a user request, wherein the remote device is separate from the one or more processor;
• determining, using the representation of the speech input, a text string corresponding to the user request;
• identifying, based on the text string, a relevant domain from a plurality of predefined domains;
• transmitting, to the remote device, a domain signal defining the relevant domain;
• determining, based on the relevant domain, an actionable intent;
• executing a task flow based on the actionable intent, wherein executing the task flow includes obtaining data content relevant to satisfying the user request;
• and
• transmitting the data content to the remote device.

A method for reducing response latency of an intelligent automated assistant, the method comprising:

• at one or more electronic devices:
• receiving, from a remote device, a representation of a speech input containing a user request, wherein the remote device is separate from the one or more electronic devices;
• determining, using the representation of the speech input, a text string corresponding to the user request;
• identifying, based on the text string, a relevant domain from a plurality of predefined domains;
• transmitting, to the remote device, a domain signal defining the relevant domain;
• determining, based on the relevant domain, an actionable intent;
• executing a task flow based on the actionable intent, wherein executing the task flow includes obtaining data content relevant to satisfying the user request;
• and
• transmitting the data content to the remote device.