Multi-command single utterance input method
US10497365B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 4, 2018 |
| Grant date | Dec 3, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 4, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M2203/355
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Systems and processes are disclosed for handling a multi-part voice command for a virtual assistant. Speech input can be received from a user that includes multiple actionable commands within a single utterance. A text string can be generated from the speech input using a speech transcription process. The text string can be parsed into multiple candidate substrings based on domain keywords, imperative verbs, predetermined substring lengths, or the like. For each candidate substring, a probability can be determined indicating whether the candidate substring corresponds to an actionable command. Such probabilities can be determined based on semantic coherence, similarity to user request templates, querying services to determine manageability, or the like. If the probabilities exceed a threshold, the user intent of each substring can be determined, processes associated with the user intents can be executed, and an acknowledgment can be provided to the user.
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