Intelligent search via iDevices

Work dedicated to "Informational Search" course

Maksym Hontar

What is Siri?

Intelligent personal assistant and knowledge navigator which works as an application for Apple's iOS

In “Busy Day,” Mr. Scorsese asks Siri to check his schedule, move appointments, tell him where a friend is, and check city traffic

How they started?

● Siri was founded in 2007 by Dag Kittlaus● Introduced in 2008. Raised a lot of money● Designed prototypes for separate OSs in

2010● Launched on AppStore in early 2011

(OpenTable & Google Maps & MovieTickets & TaxiMagic)

● Acquired by Apple in April 2011● Built-in into iPhone 4S in October 2011

Devices supportiPhone 4S & iPhone 5

iPod Touch 5

iPad 3 & iPad 4

iPad mini

What siri can do?PhoneFaceTimeMusicMailMessagesCalendarRemindersNotesContactsAlarmsWorld ClockTimerWeather

StocksWeb searchWikipedia searchWolfram|Alpha Find My FriendsPost on

FacebookSend a TweetMoviesSportsApp launchMapsLocal search

Phatic dialog sometimes

It can be funny

And obviously useful...

How this all works? (high-level)

Siri’s interpreter can examine a spoken query for syntax && keywords in order to trigger what it thinks is the most relevant web service

Request:'What is root of 5'Parse: matches mathematical requestAction: redirect to WA

Request:'What is weather in Kyiv'Parse: matches weather requestAction: redirect to Yahoo weather

Based on sematic search, Siri uses:● Wolfram|Alpha for general knowledge

questions; ● Yelp/Apple Maps for local search;● Yahoo for sports scores, weather, and

stocks;● Safari for web search;● the iPhone’s apps: Clock, Reminders,

Calendar, and Calculator;● Own database to answer similar stupid

questions

Siri is usually described as a voice recognition engine tied to a set of web services and linked apps.

How this all works? (low-level)