METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATION OF VISUAL AND NATURAL LANGUAGE QUERY INTERFACES FOR CONTEXT-SENSITIVE DATA EXPLORATION
First Claim
1. A method for integrating a visual query interface and a natural language interfaces comprising:
- providing an interface that embeds a first of said visual query interface and said natural language interface into a second of said visual query interface and said natural language interface.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for integrating a visual query interface and a natural language interface. The disclosed interface embeds a first of the visual query interface and the natural language interface into a second of the visual query interface and the natural language interface. The disclosed interface can also receives one or more natural language expressions in the natural language interface and one or more visual query expressions in the visual query interface in a same search turn. The disclosed interface can also receive a first query comprised of a first of a natural language query and a visual query; process the first query; and creates a substantially equivalent query to the first query in a second of the natural language query and the visual query The disclosed interface can process a natural language query to determine if a portion of the natural language query is not understood; and convert at least a portion of the natural language query to a visual query.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for integrating a visual query interface and a natural language interfaces comprising:
providing an interface that embeds a first of said visual query interface and said natural language interface into a second of said visual query interface and said natural language interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for integrating a visual query interface and a natural language interfaces comprising:
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providing said visual query interface and said natural language interface; receiving one or more natural language expressions in said natural language interface; receiving one or more visual query expressions in said visual query interface in a same search turn as said one or more natural language expressions are received; and processing said one or more natural language expressions and said one or more visual query expressions in said same search turn. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A method for integrating a visual query interface and a natural language interface, comprising:
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providing said visual query interface and said natural language interface; receiving a first query comprised of a first of a natural language query and a visual query; processing said first query; and creating a substantially equivalent query to said first query in a second of said natural language query and said visual query. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A method for integrating a visual query interface and a natural language interfaces comprising:
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providing said visual query interface and said natural language interface; receiving a natural language query; processing said natural language query to determine if a portion of said natural language query is not under stood; and converting at least a portion of said natural language query to a visual query; and receiving one or more visual constraints to specify said portion of said natural language query is not understood. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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