ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,289, issued on May 19, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Digital assistant interactions in a voice communication session between an electronic device and a remote electronic device" was invented by Miles Munro (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Jonathan H. Russell (Incline Village, Nev.), Felicia W. Edwards (Loveland, Colo.) and Keith C. Strickling (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example process includes: while an electronic device is engaged in a voice communication session with at least one remote device: receiving a request to invoke a digital assistant operating on the electronic device; receiving a natural langu...