US 12,243,523 B2
Digital assistant for providing handsfree notification management
Andrea Valentina Simes, San Francisco, CA (US); Daniel W. Loo, Seattle, WA (US); Felicia W. Edwards, Loveland, CA (US); Harry M. Simmonds, Calgary (CA); Tyler R. Calderone, Boulder, CO (US); Kevin D. Pitolin, San Jose, CA (US); and Lorena S. Pazmino, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/944,110.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/345,384, filed on May 24, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/248,315, filed on Sep. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0098174 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01)
CPC G10L 15/22 (2013.01) [G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01)] 39 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed on an electronic device, the method comprising:
displaying one or more notifications by the electronic device;
in response to displaying the one or more notifications:
detecting a visual interaction of a user with the one or more notifications;
identifying a notification from the one or more notifications based on the visual interaction;
receiving a speech input related to the notification from the user;
determining one or more actions associated with the notification based on the speech input; and
performing the one or more actions, wherein performing the one or more actions comprises:
determining whether the one or more actions are associated with a notification system or an application associated with the notification; and
in response to determining that the one or more actions are associated with the notification system:
invoking the notification system to perform the one or more actions based on determining that the one or more actions are associated with the notification of the notification system.