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ASSISTANT PERSONNEL VIRTUEL [2 records]

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Record 1 2020-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

A digital assistant that uses voice recognition, speech synthesis, and natural language processing to provide a service through a particular application.

CONT

The research firm has predicted that 20% of our smartphone interactions will be with a "virtual personal assistant" (VPA) by 2020, indicating a shift away from apps and towards assistants and social bots.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
  • Internet et télématique
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

[Agent] logiciel qui peut effectuer des tâches ou des services pour un individu.

CONT

Un assistant vocal, aussi appelé «assistant personnel intelligent», est une application logicielle basée sur la reconnaissance vocale du langage naturel et la restitution d'informations par synthèse vocale.

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Collaboration with WIPO
CONT

... an "intelligent personal assistant" or an "IPA" is a software application that performs tasks or services for an individual user based on user input, location awareness, user interface events, and/or abilities to access private and non-private information. The IPA can be an intelligent software agent that performs tasks with minimum specific directions from users.

OBS

intelligent personal assistant: not to be confused with the concept represented by the term "agent." Assistants are agents, but not all agents act as assistants.

OBS

intelligent personal assistant; IPA: designations validated by Canadian subject-field experts from Concordia University, Dalhousie University, Laval University and Microsoft Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Collaboration avec l'OMPI
CONT

Chacun des systèmes d'exploitation de téléphonie mobile possède désormais un tel service de communication vocale [...] Tous ces «assistants personnels intelligents» se déploient désormais depuis nos téléphones jusqu'à nos ordinateurs.

OBS

assistant personnel intelligent; assistant personnel virtuel : ne pas confondre avec la notion représentée par le terme «agent». Les assistants sont des agents, mais ce ne sont pas tous les agents qui agissent comme des assistants.

OBS

assistant personnel intelligent; assistant personnel virtuel : désignations validées par des spécialistes canadiens de l'Université Concordia, de l'Université Dalhousie, de l'Université Laval et de Microsoft Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inteligencia artificial
  • Colaboración con la OMPI
CONT

Una de las aplicaciones estrella de los computadores vestibles serán los futuros asistentes personales inteligentes. Estos dispositivos tendrán acceso a toda la información disponible en la red, a la vez que a la información sobre nuestras preferencias, deseos, e incluso sobre nuestro estado físico. [...] podrán ayudarnos a negociar un contrato, a establecer una cita, a adquirir bienes o servicios, o a elegir y programar un viaje.

OBS

asistente personal inteligente: no confundir con el concepto representado por el término "agente". Los asistentes son agentes, pero no todos los agentes actúan como asistentes.

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