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US 9,986,419 B2Granted
Social reminders
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsDevang K. Naik, Philippe P. Piernot
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Abstract
Techniques for providing reminders based on social interactions between users of electronic devices are described. Social reminders can be set to trigger based on social interactions of users. For example, a user may request to be reminded to discuss a certain discussion topic with a particular phonebook contact, when the user next encounters the contact.
Claims45
An electronic device comprising:
- one or more processors;
- memory storing computer-readable instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- receive input representing user instruction to provide a reminder in the future, the instruction identifying an entity;
- and
- after receiving the input:
- detect, by a microphone of the electronic device, an audio input;
- identify, in the detected audio input, a voice corresponding to the entity;
- and
- in response to identifying the voice, provide the reminder.
6 more elements
A non-transitory computer-readable storage device comprising computer-readable instructions, which when executed by one or more processors of an electronic device, causes the one or more processors to:
- receive input representing user instruction to provide a reminder in the future, the instruction identifying an entity;
- and after receiving the input:
- detect, by a microphone of the electronic device, an audio input;
- identify, in the detected audio input, a voice corresponding to the entity;
- and in response to identifying the voice, provide the reminder.
2 more elements
A method comprising:
- at an electronic device:
- receiving input representing user instruction to provide a reminder in the future, the user instruction identifying an entity;
- and
- after receiving the input:
- detecting, by a microphone of the electronic device, an audio input;
- identifying, in the detected audio input, a voice corresponding to the entity;
- and
- in response to identifying the voice, providing the reminder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.