Reducing metadata transmitted with automated assistant requests

A method, implemented by one or more processors of a remote device, comprising:

• receiving, from a client device:
• a request for an automated assistant to perform an action;
• and
• one or more operations;
• wherein the automated assistant includes a local automated assistant component executing on the client device and a remote automated assistant component that is executing on the remote device;
• and
• in response to the remote device receiving the request and the one or more operations from the client device:
• identifying, by the remote device, a remote version of the metadata, stored on the remote device, wherein the remote version of the metadata represents a previous state of the client device when an immediately previous request was received from the client device;
• updating, by the remote device, the remote version of the metadata by executing the one or more operations on the remote version of the metadata;
• determining, by the remote device based on the request and the updated remote version, the action;
• and
• causing, by the remote device, performance of the action.

A system, comprising:

• a client computing device and a remote computing device each including at least one corresponding processor and corresponding memory storing corresponding processor-executable code, wherein the client computing device is configured to:
• receive a user request for an automated assistant, executing on the client computing device, to perform an action;
• in response to receiving the user request:
• identify previous metadata, stored on the client device at a previous time of an immediately previous user request, wherein the previous metadata represents a previous state of the client device at the previous time;
• identify current metadata, wherein the current metadata represents a current state of the client device;
• generate, based on a difference between the previous metadata and the current metadata, one or more operations that, when executed, transform the previous metadata to the current metadata;
• and
• transmit, to the remote computing device, the request and the one or more operations;
• and
• wherein the remote computing device is configured to:
• receive, from the client device, the request and the one or more operations;
• and
• in response to receiving the request and the one or more operations from the client device, the remote computing device is further configured to:
• identify a remote version of the metadata, stored on the remote device, wherein the remote version of the metadata represents the previous state of the client computing device when the immediately previous request was received;
• update the remote version of the metadata by executing the one or more operations on the remote version of the metadata;
• determine, based on the request and the updated remote version, the action;
• and
• cause performance of the action.