var lookupId = user_id;
var loginName = user_login;
...
var userField = new SPlusBridgeDataType.SPUserValue(lookupId, loginName, displayName, emailAddress, sipAddress, title); // Create a new object with the user field
var args = {'Title':taskName,'StartDate':sDate,'Priority':priority, 'Assigned_x0020_To':assigned, 'User':userField}; //args Object with the new attributes of the item to be edited, including the user field
// Invoking List.Item.updateItem API method.
SPlus.List.Item.updateItem (args, function(result) {
// Implement what to do when an item was successfully edited
}, function(response) {
// Implement how to handle errors
}, function() {
// Implement how to handle a user’s cancel
});