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

Claim 49:
50. A method, comprising:
at an electronic device with one or processors, memory, a microphone and a display:
detecting input representing motion of the electronic device;
while detecting at least a portion of the input representing motion of the electronic device, sampling, with the microphone, an audio input;
determining, 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, initiating the virtual assistant session; and
in accordance with a determination not to initiate the virtual assistant session, forgoing initiating the virtual assistant session.