METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATING PERSONAL INFORMATION SEARCH AND INTERACTION ON WEB/DESKTOP APPLICATIONS

• US 20100241645A1
• Filed: 03/18/2009
• Published: 09/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ServiceNow Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Kim, Seonho, Kandogan, Eser
• Granted Patent: US 8,095,524 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/763
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/211 Syntactic parsing, e.g. based on context-free grammar [CFG] or unification grammars

Abstract

A system for integrating personal information search and interaction on web and desktop applications comprises enabling a user-interface (UI) component of an application for the entry of a query the UI component associated with context information. Entry of the query based on a natural language grammar is parsed to determine at least one natural language element. Element types associated with each natural language element are generated. A query command from a command list based on the natural language elements, the element types and the context information is interpreted. The query with arguments based on the natural language elements of the natural language query are executed to determine a result. The transformed result is output through said UI component by replacing said result for said query wherein outputting said transformed result comprises automatically adding email addresses, attachments and maps to said UI component.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for integrating personal information search and interaction on web and desktop applications comprising:

enabling a user-interface (UI) component of an application for the entry of a query said UI component associated with context information;

parsing the entry of said query based on a natural language grammar, to determine at least one natural language element;

generating element types associated with each of said at least one natural language element;

interpreting a query command from a command list based on said at least one natural language element, said element types and said context information;

executing said query with arguments based on said at least one natural language element of said natural language query to determine a result;

outputting said transformed result through said UI component by replacing said result for said query wherein outputting said transformed result comprises automatically adding email addresses, attachments and maps to said UI component.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the result is based on the context of the UI component.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said result is further transformed based on information contained within the personal information repository.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the UI component of said application is a not directed to search.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the parsing of the entry is based on a chart parser.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said element types are based on parts of speech.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said arguments are resolved based on information from the personal information repository.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said element types are based on information from a plurality of information repositories..

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said transformed result comprises interpretations ranked by recency of observation by the user.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein said transformed result comprises ranked selectable interpretations displayed in an intermediate user interface component.

17. The method of claim 8, wherein said arguments are resolved based on information from the personal information repository.

11. A computer program storage device readable by computer, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by said computer to perform a method of integrating personal information search and interaction on web and desktop applications, said method comprising:

enabling a UI component of a first application for the entry of a query;

enabling a user-interface (UI) component of an application for the entry of a query said UI component associated with context information;

parsing the entry of said query based on a natural language grammar, to determine at least one natural language element;

generating element types associated with each of said at least one natural language element;

interpreting a query command from a command list based on said at least one natural language element, said element types and said context information;

executing said query with arguments based on said at least one natural language element of said natural language query to determine a result;

outputting said transformed result through said UI component by replacing said result for said query wherein outputting said transformed result comprises automatically adding email addresses, attachments and maps to said UI component.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the result is based on the context of the UI component.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein said result is further transformed based on information contained within the personal information repository.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the UI component of said application is a not directed to search.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the parsing of the entry is based on a chart parser.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein said element types are based on parts of speech.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein said element types are based on information from a plurality of information repositories.

19. A computer-implemented method for integrating personal information search and interaction on web and desktop applications comprising:

enabling a user-interface (UI) component of an application for the entry of a query said UI component associated with context information;

parsing the entry of said query based on a natural language grammar and a chart parser, to determine at least one natural language element;

generating element types comprising parts of speech associated with each of said at least one natural language element;

interpreting a query command from a command list based on said at least one natural language element, said element types and said context information;

executing said query with arguments based on said at least one natural language element of said natural language query to determine a result, and wherein said arguments are resolved based on information from a personal information repository;

outputting said transformed result through said UI component by replacing said result for said query and wherein outputting said transformed result comprises automatically adding email addresses, attachments and maps to the UI component, said result is based on said context of the UI component and is further transformed based on information contained within a personal information repository.

20. A computer-implemented method of updating a personal information repository comprising:

selecting user preference information from a personal information repository;

selecting a document;

identifying information of interest in said document based on said user preference information; and

selectively updating information in said personal information repository based on said identified information.