Apple Inc.
USER-SPECIFIC CANDIDATE RANKING FOR OUTBOUND MESSAGES

Abstract:

A device implementing a system for user-specific candidate responses includes a processor configured to determine candidate responses for a received message based at least in part on a determined category of the received message. The processor is further configured to rank the candidate responses based at least in part on input modalities utilized to input messages previously transmitted via the device, at least one of the previously transmitted messages comprising a respective at least one of the candidate responses. The processor is further configured to provide one or more of the ranked candidate responses for selection by a user.