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Digital assistant user interfaces and response modes

US12045437B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

Neal S. ELLIS · San Jose, US
Oluwatomiwa B. ALABI · McNeil, US
Robert BURTON · Los Gatos, US
Richard R. Dellinger · San Jose, US
Thomas R. FAZIO · Campbell, US
Craig M. Federighi · Los Altos Hills, US
Rebecca P. FISH · San Francisco, US
Nikrouz Ghotbi · Seattle, US
James N. JONES · San Francisco, US
Ieyuki Kawashima · Pleasanton, US
Stephen O. Lemay · San Francisco, US
Pedro Mari · Santa Cruz, US
Aaron MUSENGO · San Jose, US
James E. Palmer · Redwood City, US
Patchaya Beam SEILAUDOM · Palo Alto, US
Andrea Valentina SIMES · San Francisco, US
Tyler McClay SMITH · San Jose, US
Trungtin TRAN · Cupertino, US
Robert A. WALKER, II · San Francisco, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 9, 2021
Grant date	Jul 23, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 9, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2203/04803
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An example process includes: while displaying a user interface different from a digital assistant user interface, receiving a user input; in accordance with a determination that the user input satisfies a criterion for initiating a digital assistant: displaying, over the user interface, the digital assistant user interface, the digital assistant user interface including: a digital assistant indicator displayed at a first portion of the display; and a response affordance displayed at a second portion of the display, where: a portion of the user interface remains visible at a third portion of the display; and the third portion is between the first portion and the second portion.

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