User controlled task execution with task persistence for assistant systems

• Main Authors: Wang, Zhiguang, Subba, Rajen, Liu, Xiaohu
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 11.07.2023
• Subjects: ACOUSTICS; CALCULATING; COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first user request to execute a first task comprising one or more sub-tasks from a client system associated with a user, receiving a second user request to suspend the first task from the client system, storing a dialog state for the first task in res...