Ambiguity resolution in digital paper-based interaction

US11531673B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP SE · DE

Inventors

• Philip Miseldine · Karlsruhe, DE
• Judith Schneider · Sulzfeld, DE
• Sebastian Werner · Weinheim, DE
• Margo Lutes · Walldorf, DE
• Gergana Savova · Walldorf, DE
• Niels Hebling · Walldorf, DE
• Normen Rosch · Heidelberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 18, 2018
• Grant date: Dec 20, 2022
• Expiry date: Nov 27, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06V30/36
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for providing a natural, pen-and-paper user experience that harnesses cutting edge artificial intelligence and machine learning to enhance user interactions with data in a suite of software applications. The pen-and-paper user experience may mimic the time-honored human tradition of writing with pen and paper, allowing users to work in an intuitive, productive, familiar fashion, while incorporating artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to interpret a user's natural language and other pen-strokes in order to better interpret a user's natural language and resolve ambiguity in user inputs. A pen-and-paper-based user experience may be extended and enhanced to allow a user to interact with a suite of applications, a launchpad, a key performance indicator tool, a digital boardroom, or other application using the same pen-and-paper-based design paradigm. Contextual analysis may further be performed on contextual information received from these ancillary applications in order to better resolve ambiguous inputs.