DISAMBIGUATING INPUT BASED ON CONTEXT
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving, by a mobile device, a voice input;
generating, by the mobile device, two or more candidate transcriptions from the voice input;
generating, by the mobile device, sensor data that measures an ambient condition surrounding the mobile device at a time when the voice input is received;
inferring, by the mobile device, a user activity in which a user of the mobile device is engaged when the voice input is received, using the sensor data;
selecting, by the mobile device, one of the two or more candidate transcriptions that corresponds to the user activity; and
performing, by the mobile device, a command that is associated with the selected candidate transcription.
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Abstract
In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a mobile computing device, ambiguous user input that indicates more than one of a plurality of commands; and determining a current context associated with the mobile computing device that indicates where the mobile computing device is currently located. The method can further include disambiguating the ambiguous user input by selecting a command from the plurality of commands based on the current context associated with the mobile computing device; and causing output associated with performance of the selected command to be provided by the mobile computing device.
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23 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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receiving, by a mobile device, a voice input; generating, by the mobile device, two or more candidate transcriptions from the voice input; generating, by the mobile device, sensor data that measures an ambient condition surrounding the mobile device at a time when the voice input is received; inferring, by the mobile device, a user activity in which a user of the mobile device is engaged when the voice input is received, using the sensor data; selecting, by the mobile device, one of the two or more candidate transcriptions that corresponds to the user activity; and performing, by the mobile device, a command that is associated with the selected candidate transcription. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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receiving a user input by a mobile device; determining multiple possible meanings associated with the user input; determining a real-time characteristic of an environment surrounding the mobile device using an on-board sensor on the mobile device; disambiguating the meanings based on the real-time characteristic, to select a likely intended meaning; and communicating the likely intended meaning from the mobile device to a different device. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with a computer program comprising instructions that, when executed, operate to cause a computer to perform operations comprising:
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determining a current context associated with a mobile device; applying the current context to one or more rules to select one of two or more homophones, homonyms, or heteronyms; and outputting the selected homophone, homonym, or heteronym. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A server system comprising:
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an interface configured to; receive, from a mobile device, an audio signal encoding an utterance, and data collected by one or more sensors of the mobile device, and transmit an instruction to the mobile device; an automated speech recognition (ASR) engine configured to determine that a textual representation of the utterance has more than one meaning to the server system; and a disambiguation engine configured to; disambiguate the meanings based on the data collected by the one or more sensors of the mobile device, and select the instruction based on disambiguating the meanings. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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