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Disambiguating Input Based on Context

  • US 20120035932A1
  • Filed: 08/06/2010
  • Published: 02/09/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

  • receiving, at a mobile computing device, ambiguous user input that indicates more than one of a plurality of commands;

    determining a current context associated with the mobile computing device, the context being external to the mobile device and indicating a current state of the device in its surrounding environment;

    disambiguating the ambiguous user input by selecting a command from the plurality of commands based on the 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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