Name = RoohUllah ID # 5522

My topic is = Application Siri, a Virtual Personal Assistant

Bringing Intelligence to the Interface

CUSIT.edu.pk

It was imaginable 26 years ago.

Apple's Visionary Video: Knowledge Navigator (1987)

Interaction with the Assistant

Touch screens and cinematic animation

Global network for info and collaboration Awareness of temporal and social context

Continuous Speech in and out

Conversational Interface - assistant talks back Delegation of tasks to the assistant

Assistant use of personal data

How Close are we Today?

Touch screens Cinematic effects Global network Location and time awareness Speech out, on demand Isolated speech to text

Location Awareness

Semantic Data Services APIs Task & Domain Models Access to Personal Information

Time Awareness
Task Awareness

Conversational Interface
Speech to Text

Text to Intent
Dialog flow

A Virtual Personal Assistant

A Virtual Personal Assistant:

Does Things for focus on task completion

Gets What Gets

You

you Say

intent understanding via conversation

to Know You

learns and applies personal information

Siri Helping you Do Things

I found the following Italian restaurants that reviews say are romantic near your home

Multiple-criteria vertical search and browse combining multiple sources of information

Your table is reserved for 2 Saturday night at 8:00pm.

with integrated transactions

and social communication

Your invitation has been sent to friend@email.com

A Virtual Personal Assistant:

Does Things for focus on task completion

Gets What Gets

You

you Say

intent understanding via conversation

to Know You

learns and applies personal information

(c) 2009 Siri, Inc.

Understanding Intent in Context

Location Context
... near home

Task Context
... [serving] burgers

... in downtown

... [described as] romantic

Time Context
... this weekend

Dialog Context
... hotels in Peshawer
... weather [in Peshawer]

... tomorrow night

(c) 2009 Siri, Inc.

A Virtual Personal Assistant:

Does Things for focus on task completion

Gets What Gets

You

you Say

intent understanding via conversation

to Know You

learns and applies personal information

(c) 2009 Siri, Inc.

Virtual Assistant Evolution

Doing Things For You
Service APIs Data feeds Auth Standards SW & Data Commons Faceted Search Domains Recommendation Services

Getting What You Say

Location
Date/time

Speech

Semantic NLP

Linguistic NLP

Conversational UI

Social Contexts

Getting Personal
Contacts Profile Calendars Favorites Explicit Preferences Learned Preferences

Today

Tomorrow

Future

(c) 2009 Siri, Inc.

For More Information www.siri.com

(c) 2009 Siri, Inc.