US 11,837,232 B2
Digital assistant interaction in a video communication session environment
Niranjan Manjunath, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Willem Mattelaer, San Jose, CA (US); Jessica Peck, Morgan Hill, CA (US); and Lily Shuting Zhang, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/115,721.
Application 18/115,721 is a division of application No. 17/158,703, filed on Jan. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/016,083, filed on Apr. 27, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/975,643, filed on Feb. 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0215435 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 15/26 (2006.01); G10L 15/18 (2013.01); G10L 15/08 (2006.01)
CPC G10L 15/22 (2013.01) [G10L 15/083 (2013.01); G10L 15/1815 (2013.01); G10L 15/26 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01)] 39 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
during a video communication session between at least two user devices, and at a first user device of the at least two user devices;
receiving a first user voice input;
determining whether the first user voice input represents a communal digital assistant request;
in accordance with a determination that the first user voice input represents a communal digital assistant request, transmitting a request to a second user device of the at least two user devices for the second user device to provide context information associated with the first user voice input to the first user device;
receiving the context information associated with the first user voice input from the second user device;
obtaining a first digital assistant response based at least on a portion of the context information received from the second user device and at least a portion of context information associated with the first user voice input that is stored on the first user device;
providing the first digital assistant response to the second user device; and
outputting the first digital assistant response.