Abstract
News editors obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors:“An automated assistant (also known as a “personal assistant”, “mobile assistant”, etc.) may be interactedwith by a user via a variety of client devices, such as smart phones, tablet computers, wearable devices,automobile systems, standalone personal assistant devices, and so forth. An automated assistant receivesinput from the user (e.g., typed and/or spoken natural language input) and responds with responsivecontent (e.g., visual and/or audible natural language output) and/or by controlling one or more peripheraldevices (e.g., Internet of things (IoT) device(s)). An automated assistant interacted with via a client devicemay be implemented via the client device itself and/or via one or more remote computing devices that arein network communication with the client device (e.g., computing device(s) in “the cloud”).