Method and system for natural language recognition command interface and data management

• US 20040249632A1
• Filed: 06/04/2004
• Published: 12/09/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ATC Dynamics Incorporated
• Original Assignee: ATC Dynamics Incorporated
• Inventors: Chacon, Steven
• Application Number:
  US10/861,986
• Publication Number:
  US 20040249632A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/9
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/35 Discourse or dialogue representation

Abstract

A computer command panel and database system that is capable of receiving input in natural language either through commands or questions and returning the user'"'"'s request. Input is separated into sequences of word groups to derive the data location, action and subjects where instruction sets are created and put through a command interpreter to deliver the user'"'"'s request. Data is stored in a hierarchical data model that supports natural language querying. Network communication is possible to a remote server making extended data resources available via the Internet allowing a method to store as well as retrieve data. The invention supports a visual interface and keyboard, mouse, touch and microphone navigation to view data and to activate applications.

Claims

1. A method for selecting and retrieving data from a database comprising the steps of:

inputting a question or command to said database by means of natural language;

processing said natural language question or command in a command interpreter; and

retrieving and displaying said data through a user interface.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein natural language comprises any spoken language.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the inputting can occur through commands, keyboard, mouse, touch or microphone navigation.

4. A method according to claim 1, wherein said data is retrieved and displayed through said user interface where the category, group, title, page, title number and page number is displayed in the body of the retrieved data.

5. A method for activating applications within a computer, network or server, comprising the steps of:

inputting a request for an application to said computer, network or server by means of natural language;

delivering said natural language request to a command interpreter; and

returning said application to a user interface.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein natural language comprises any spoken language.

7. The method of claim 5 wherein the inputting can occur through commands, keyboard, mouse, touch or microphone navigation.

8. A system that supports keyboard navigation as a first method of controlling a computer system, said system comprising:

a means of identifying a keyboard key identifier displayed by a user interface;

a means of identifying a keyboard key function displayed by the user interface;

a means of activating a function through said displayed keyboard function.

9. The system of claim 8 further comprising a second method of controlling the computer system comprising the use of a mouse, touch screen or a microphone.

10. A method according to claim 9, wherein the keyboard key identifier and the keyboard key function are identified to a user by the user interface at all times.

11. A method according to claim 10, wherein mouse navigation is possible by clicking on the displayed keyboard function.

12. A method according to claim 10, wherein touch navigation is possible by touching the displayed keyboard function.

13. A system according to claim 10, wherein microphone navigation is possible by naming the keyboard key identifier or the keyboard key function displayed.