User interface for translating natural language inquiries into database queries and data presentations
US6701294B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 19, 2000 |
| Grant date | Mar 2, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 19, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/243
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A natural language-based interface data presentation system interfaces, for example, information visualization system interfaces, is realized by employing so-called open-ended natural language inquiries to the interface that translates them into database queries and a set of information to be provided to a user. More specifically, a natural language inquiry is translated to database queries by determining if any complete database queries can be formulated based on the natural language inquiry and, if so, specifying which complete database queries are to be made. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, knowledge of the information visualization presentation is advantageously employed in the interface to guide a user in response to the user's natural language inquiries. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, knowledge of the database and knowledge of the information visualization presentation are advantageously employed in the interface to guide a user in response to the user's natural language inquiries. In accordance with still another aspect of the invention, knowledge of the database, knowledge of the information visualization presentation and context informa…
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