(12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9,548,050 B2 Gruber Et Al
USO09548050B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9,548,050 B2 Gruber et al. (45) Date of Patent: Jan. 17, 2017 (54) INTELLIGENT AUTOMATED ASSISTANT (2013.01); G06F 17/3087 (2013.01); GIOL 15/22 (2013.01); G 10L 15/26 (2013.01); GIOL (75) Inventors: Thomas Robert Gruber, Emerald 21/06 (2013.01) Hills, CA (US); Adam John Cheyer, (58) Field of Classification Search Oakland, CA (US); Dag Kittlaus, San CPC ........ G10L 15/28: G 10L 15/285; G 10L 15/30; Jose, CA (US); Didier Rene Guzzoni, G10L 15/32: G 10L 15/34 Mont-sur-Rolle (CH); Christopher USPC .......................................................... 704/275 Dean Brigham, San Jose, CA (US); See application file for complete search history. Richard Donald Giuli, Arroyo Grande, CA (US); Marcello Bastea-Forte, New (56) References Cited York, NY (US); Harry Joseph U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS Saddler, Berkeley, CA (US) 1,559,320 A 10, 1925 Hirsh (73) Assignee: Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US) 2,180,522 A 11/1939 Henne (Continued) (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days. CA 2666438 C 6, 2013 (21) Appl. No.: 13/492.809 CH 681573 A5 4f1993 (Continued) (22) Filed: Jun. 9, 2012 OTHER PUBLICATIONS (65) Prior Publication Data Alfred App, 2011. http://www.alfredapp.com/, 5 pages. US 2012/0245944 A1 Sep. 27, 2012 (Continued) Primary Examiner — Michael N Opsasnick Related U.S. Application Data (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Morrison & Foerster (63) Continuation of application No.
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