Patent ID: 11907436
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  Y | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a microphone and a display, cause the electronic device to:
detect input representing motion of the electronic device;
while detecting at least a portion of the input representing motion of the electronic device, sample, with the microphone, an audio input;
determine, based on the audio input and the input representing motion of the electronic device, whether to initiate a virtual assistant session, wherein determining whether to initiate the virtual assistant session includes:
determining, at a first time, whether to initiate the virtual assistant session based on the audio input;
determining, at a second time, whether to initiate the virtual assistant session based on the input representing motion of the electronic device;
determining whether the first time and the second time are within a predetermined duration; and
determining to initiate the virtual assistant session in accordance with a determination that the first time and the second time are within the predetermined duration;

in accordance with a determination to initiate the virtual assistant session, initiate the virtual assistant session; and
in accordance with a determination not to initiate the virtual assistant session, forgo initiating the virtual assistant session.