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Natural language refinement of voice and text entry

US9190054B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 13, 2013
Grant dateNov 17, 2015
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Expiry dateJan 4, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L15/19
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A data processing apparatus is configured to receive a first string related to a natural-language voice user entry and a second string including at least one natural-language refinement to the user entry; parse the first string into a first set of one or more tokens and the second string into a second set of one or more tokens; determine at least one refining instruction from the second set of one or more tokens; generate, from at least a portion of each of the first string and the second string and based on the at least one refining instruction, a group of candidate refined user entries; select a refined user entry from the group of candidate refined user entries; and output the selected, refined user entry.

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