US 12,147,733 B2
Providing audio information with a digital assistant
Rahul Nair, Hayward, CA (US); Golnaz Abdollahian, San Francisco, CA (US); Avi Bar-Zeev, Oakland, CA (US); and Niranjan Manjunath, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/389,485.
Application 18/389,485 is a continuation of application No. 18/123,886, filed on Mar. 20, 2023, granted, now 11,861,265.
Application 18/123,886 is a continuation of application No. 17/056,126, granted, now 11,609,739, issued on Mar. 31, 2023, previously published as PCT/US2019/028976, filed on Apr. 24, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/679,644, filed on Jun. 1, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0086147 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/167 (2013.01) [G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 2015/227 (2013.01); H04R 1/406 (2013.01)] 33 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
one or more processors; and
memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
providing, using a speaker, audio information responsive to received input, wherein the audio information is divided into segments;
while providing the audio information, detecting one or more conditions for stopping the provision of audio information;
in response to detecting the one or more conditions for stopping the provision of audio information, stopping the provision of the audio information; and
after stopping the provision of the audio information and in accordance with a determination that the one or more conditions for stopping the provision of audio information have ceased, providing resumed audio information, wherein the resumed audio information includes a rephrased version of a previously provided segment of the audio information.