Voice assistant-enabled client application with user view context

US11789696B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Jaclyn Carley Knapp · Seattle, US
• Andrew Paul McGovern · Seattle, US
• Harris Syed · Redmond, US
• Chad Steven Estes · Atlanta, US
• Jesse Daniel Eskes Rusak · Redmond, US
• David Ernesto Heekin Burkett · Redmond, US
• Allison O'Mahony · Bellevue, US
• Ashok Kuppusamy · Seattle, US
• Jonathan R. Harris · Redmond, US
• Jose Miguel Rady Allende · Redmond, US
• Diego Hernan Carlomagno · Redmond, US
• Talon Edward Ireland · Kirkland, US
• Michael Francis Palermiti, II · Issaquah, US
• Richard Leigh Mains · Seattle, US
• Jayant Sivarama Krishnamurthy · Redmond, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 30, 2021
• Grant date: Oct 17, 2023
• Expiry date: Jun 30, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G10L2015/226
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Various embodiments discussed herein enable client applications to be heavily integrated with a voice assistant in order to both perform commands associated with voice utterances of users via voice assistant functionality and also seamlessly cause client applications to automatically perform native functions as part of executing the voice utterance. For example, some embodiments can automatically and intelligently cause a switch to a page the user needs and automatically and intelligently cause a population of particular fields of the page the user needs based on a user view context and the voice utterance.