US 12,075,001 B2
Selective performance of automated telephone calls to reduce latency and/or duration of assistant interaction
Yuval Baror, Mountain View, CA (US); Michael Andrew Goodman, Oakland, CA (US); and Praveen Krishnakumar, Zurich (CH)
Assigned to GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/239,724.
Application 18/239,724 is a continuation of application No. 18/100,459, filed on Jan. 23, 2023, granted, now 11,778,092.
Application 18/100,459 is a continuation of application No. 17/580,324, filed on Jan. 20, 2022, granted, now 11,563,848, issued on Jan. 24, 2023.
Application 17/580,324 is a continuation of application No. 17/332,270, filed on May 27, 2021, granted, now 11,240,378, issued on Feb. 1, 2022.
Application 17/332,270 is a continuation of application No. 16/947,512, filed on Aug. 4, 2020, granted, now 11,050,883, issued on Jun. 29, 2021.
Application 16/947,512 is a continuation of application No. 16/947,481, filed on Aug. 3, 2020, granted, now 10,944,867, issued on Mar. 9, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/705,586, filed on Jul. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0064234 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04M 3/436 (2006.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04M 3/428 (2006.01); H04M 3/493 (2006.01); H04M 3/51 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 3/436 (2013.01) [G10L 15/22 (2013.01); H04M 3/42042 (2013.01); H04M 3/42059 (2013.01); H04M 3/4283 (2013.01); H04M 3/4936 (2013.01); H04M 3/5158 (2013.01); H04M 3/5166 (2013.01); H04M 3/5183 (2013.01); H04M 2201/39 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method implemented by one or more processors, the computer-implemented method comprising:
determining a request based on a received user input at a client device, the client device associated with user data;
determining an item of interest based on the request;
determining at least one entity that is associated with the item of interest, wherein:
the at least one entity is selected based on the user data, and
the at least one entity submitted an indication of items that are associated with the at least one entity, the items including the item of interest;
communicating with a representative of the at least one entity to determine an availability of the item of interest at the at least one entity; and
returning a search result data describing the item of interest and the availability of the item of interest at the at least one entity.