Prioritizing selection criteria by automated assistant

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8660849
APP PUB NO 20130111348A1
SERIAL NO

13725656

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Methods, systems, and computer readable storage medium related to operating an intelligent digital assistant are disclosed. A user request is received, the user request including at least a speech input received from a user. The user request including the speech input is processed to obtain a representation of user intent for identifying items of a selection domain based on at least one selection criterion. A prompt is provided to the user, the prompt presenting two or more properties relevant to items of the selection domain and requesting the user to specify relative importance between the two or more properties. A listing of search results is provided to the user, where the listing of search results has been obtained based on the at least one selection criterion and the relative importance provided by the user.

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  • APPLE INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Brigham, Christopher Dean San Jose, US 17 10172
Cheyer, Adam John Oakland, US 19 11197
Gruber, Thomas Robert Emerald Hills, US 26 12605
Guzzoni, Didier Rene Monte-sur-Rolle, CH 21 10772
Saddler, Harry Joseph Berkeley, US 10 6028

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