MUMBAI, India, Oct. 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202548091506 A) filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, U.S.A., on Sept. 24, for 'voice trigger for a digital assistant.'
Inventor(s) include Binder, Justin, G.; Tackin, Onur; Post, Samuel, D.; and Gruber, Thomas, R.
The application for the patent was published on Oct. 24, under issue no. 43/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A method for operating a voice trigger is provided. In some implementations, the method is performed at an electronic device including one or more processors and memory storing instructions for execution 5 by the one or more processors. The method includes receiving a sound input. The sound input may correspond to a spoken word or phrase, or a portion thereof. The method includes determining whether at least a portion of the sound input corresponds to a predetermined type of sound, such as a human voice. The method includes, upon a determination that 10 at least a portion of the sound input corresponds to the predetermined type, determining whether the sound input includes predetermined content, such as a predetermined trigger word or phrase. The method also includes, upon a determination that the sound input includes the predetermined content, initiating a speech-based service, such as a voice-based digital assistant."
The patent application was internationally filed on Feb. 07, 2014, under International application No.PCT/US2014/015418.
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