I have a Google Speaker at home to perform some searches and listen to some music. Google has been granted patents on automated assistants that tell us more about how they work. The search input approach that automated assistants use is different from what I am used to using a desktop computer or my phone. Some of the other patents about automated assistants that I have written about include: Unsolicited Content in Human to Computer Dialog Human to Computer Dialog at Google Completing Human to Computer Dialogs with Automated Assistants A User Programmable Automated Assistant from Google Google Mum Update Google Automated Assistant Search Results How an Automated Assistant May Respond to Queries from Children The Google Assistant and Context-Based Natural Language Processing Another patent from Google has been recently granted: “Systems, Methods, And Apparatuses For Resuming Dialog Sessions Via Automated Assistant.” This is exciting because Google is fleshing out different aspects of how Automated Assistants…