	US 12,293,764 B2
	Determining suggested subsequent user actions during digital assistant interaction
Jamie Harry Drummie, Cambridge (GB); Silvia Frias Delgado, Barcelona (ES); Andrew J. Haines, London (GB); Samuel E. Turnbull, Leicester (GB); and Johan D. Forsell, Cambridge (GB)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/242,806.
Application 18/242,806 is a continuation of application No. 17/224,627, filed on Apr. 7, 2021, granted, now 11,783,827.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/110,848, filed on Nov. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0410805 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. G10L 15/22 (2006.01)

CPC G10L 15/22 (2013.01) [G10L 2015/221 (2013.01)]

57 Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device, the one or more programs including instructions for:

receiving an utterance including a user request related to a sporting event;

determining, based on the user request related to the sporting event, that the user request is associated with a sports domain;

determining, based on the sports domain, a first suggested user action and a second suggested user action, wherein the first suggested user action is to request information about the sporting event and the second suggested user action is to request information about a sport;

determining, based on the user request related to the sporting event and the sports domain, a first parameter for the first suggested user action and a second parameter for the second suggested user action, wherein the first parameter is different from the second parameter;

in accordance with a determination that a first score associated with the first suggested user action is higher than a second score associated with the second suggested user action, selecting the first suggested user action as a suggested subsequent user action; and

providing the suggested subsequent user action.