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Intelligent assistant for home automation

A technology for virtual assistants and users, applied in home automation networks, natural language data processing, general control systems, etc., which can solve problems such as difficulty in finding, increasing the difficulty of increasing a large number of remote controlled devices, and time-consuming

Active Publication Date: 2017-02-15
APPLE INC
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Remembering the correct identifier for a particular bulb and looking it up from a list of 40-50 identifiers can be a difficult and time-consuming process
Different manufacturers often provide different software applications that must be used to control their corresponding devices, which also increases the difficulty of managing and controlling a large number of remotely controlled devices

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[0022] In the following description of the examples, reference is made to the accompanying drawings, in which are shown by way of illustrations specific examples that may be practiced. It is to be understood that other examples may be utilized and structural changes may be made without departing from the scope of the respective examples.

[0023] Intelligent automated assistants (or virtual assistants) provide an intuitive interface between users and electronic devices. These assistants can allow users to interact with devices or systems using natural language in the form of speech and / or text. For example, a user may access services of an electronic device by providing voiced user input in natural language to a virtual assistant associated with the electronic device. Virtual assistants perform natural language processing on spoken user input to infer and implement user intent into tasks. Tasks can then be performed by performing one or more functions of the electronic devic...

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This relates to systems and processes for using a virtual assistant to control electronic devices. In one example process, a user can speak an input in natural language form to a user device to control one or more electronic devices. The user device can transmit the user speech to a server to be converted into a textual representation. The server can identify the one or more electronic devices and appropriate commands to be performed by the one or more electronic devices based on the textual representation. The identified one or more devices and commands to be performed can be transmitted back to the user device, which can forward the commands to the appropriate one or more electronic devices for execution. In response to receiving the commands, the one or more electronic devices can perform the commands and transmit their current states to the user device.

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] This patent application claims U.S. Provisional Application Serial No. 62 / 005,893, filed May 30, 2014, entitled "INTELLIGENT ASSISTANT FOR HOME AUTOMATION" and Priority to US non-provisional application Serial No. 14 / 503,105, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety for all purposes. technical field [0003] This application relates generally to natural language processing, and more particularly to using virtual assistants with natural language processing to control electronic devices. Background technique [0004] Home electronic devices that can be remotely controlled using software applications running on computing devices such as mobile phones, tablet computers, laptop computers, desktop computers, etc. have become increasingly popular. For example, many manufacturers produce light bulbs that can be controlled by a software application running on a mobile phone to adjust the brightness and / or colo...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G05B15/02G05B19/418G06F40/00
CPCG05B15/02G05B19/418G05B2219/2642H04L12/2816H04L12/282G05B2219/23373G05B2219/23386G06F3/167G10L17/22G10L15/26G10L15/30
Inventor R·M·奥尔G·R·内尔B·L·布拉姆鲍格
Owner APPLE INC
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