Virtual assistant activation
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsStephen O. LEMAY, Brandon J. NEWENDORP, Jonathan R. DASCOLA
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Abstract
At an electronic device with a display, a microphone, and an input device: while the display is on, receiving user input via the input device, the user input meeting a predetermined condition; in accordance with receiving the user input meeting the predetermined condition, sampling audio input received via the microphone; determining whether the audio input comprises a spoken trigger; and in accordance with a determination that audio input comprises the spoken trigger, triggering a virtual assistant session.
Claims23
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by an electronic device with a display, a microphone, and an input device, cause the electronic device to:
- while the display is on, receive user input via the input device, the user input meeting a predetermined condition;
- in accordance with receiving the user input meeting the predetermined condition, sample audio input received via the microphone;
- determine whether the audio input comprises a spoken trigger;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that audio input comprises the spoken trigger, trigger a virtual assistant session.
A method, comprising:
- at an electronic device with a display, a microphone, and an input device:
- while the display is on, receiving user input via the input device, the user input meeting a predetermined condition;
- in accordance with receiving the user input meeting the predetermined condition, sampling audio input received via the microphone;
- determining whether the audio input comprises a spoken trigger;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that audio input comprises the spoken trigger, triggering a virtual assistant session.
An electronic device comprising:
- a display;
- one or more processors;
- a memory;
- and
- one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
- while the display is on, receiving user input via an input device, the user input meeting a predetermined condition;
- in accordance with receiving the user input meeting the predetermined condition, sampling audio input received via a microphone;
- determining whether the audio input comprises a spoken trigger;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that audio input comprises the spoken trigger, triggering a virtual assistant session.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.