ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,404, issued on June 17, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Virtual assistant in a communication session" was invented by Mehul K. Sanghavi (San Jose, Calif.) and Jeffrey P. Schwerdtfeger (Santa Cruz, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for utilizing a virtual assistant as part of a communication session. One or more of the participant users can select to utilize a virtual assistant to assist the participant users with tasks during the communication session. A user can use a communication application to enter a message directed to the vi...