SPEECH AND SEMANTIC PARSING FOR CONTENT SELECTION

• US 20150287410A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Published: 10/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Mengibar, Pedro J. Moreno, Epstein, Mark Edward
• Application Number:
  US13/844,312
• Publication Number:
  US 20150287410A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0271 Personalized advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/1822 Parsing for meaning understanding
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/00 Speaker identification or verification techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/60 for measuring the quality of voice signals
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/63 for estimating an emotional state

Abstract

Systems, apparatus and method for speech and semantic parsing for content selection. In an aspect, a method includes selecting, for each of a plurality of voice query analyzers, an analyzer output parameter; generating a voice query model for voice queries, the voice query model including analysis fields, wherein each analysis field in at least a first portion of the analysis fields corresponds to a corresponding analyzer output parameter; receiving, from a plurality of content item providers, voice query selection data that describes analyzer output parameter values for the voice query model that satisfy selection criteria for the content item provider; and persisting the voice query selection data for the content item providers to a computer memory device; wherein the voice query analyzers include a semantic analyzer and a biometric analyzer.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method performed by a data processing apparatus, comprising:

selecting, for each of a plurality of voice query analyzers, an analyzer output parameter;

providing, to a plurality of computer devices of content item providers, instructions that cause each computer device to display a user interface through which a content item provider specifies analyzer output parameter values for each selected analyzer output parameter;

generating a voice query model for voice queries, the voice query model including analysis fields, wherein each analysis field in at least a first portion of the analysis fields corresponds to a corresponding analyzer output parameter and has a corresponding plurality of selectable analyzer output parameter values displayed in the user interface;

receiving, from each content item provider of the plurality of content item providers, voice query selection data that describes analyzer output parameter values for the voice query model that satisfy selection criteria for the content item provider; and

storing the voice query selection data for the content item providers to a computer memory device as query model selection data in a content item management system;

wherein the voice query analyzers include a semantic analyzer and a biometric analyzer, and the analysis fields of the user interface include analyzer output parameter values for both the semantic analyzer and the biometric analyzer;

receiving a voice query from a user device;

processing the voice query using the voice query analyzers to generate analyzer output parameter values for the voice query and generation a populated voice query mode having the generated analyzer output parameter values; and

selecting, for a content item provider, a content item to provide in response to a voice query represented by a populated voice query that satisfies the selection criteria for the content item provider;

wherein the content item providers are advertisers and the content items are advertisements.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising processing a received voice query by the voice query analyzers and generating the populated voice query model having analyzer the output parameter values of the voice query analyzers.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the biometric analyzer outputs gender parameter values that identify a gender of the speaker of the voice query.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the biometric analyzer outputs emotion parameter values that identify sentiment of the speaker of the voice query.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the biometric analyzer outputs an age parameter value that identifies an age range of the speaker of the voice query.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the voice query analyzers include an environment analyzer that identifies an environment in which the speaker of the voice query is present.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein:

the voice query model includes a second portion of analysis fields that each correspond to second parameter values determined from output analyzer parameter values to which the first portion of analysis fields correspond;

receiving voice query selection data comprises receiving voice query selection data that describes second parameter values for the voice query model that satisfy selection criteria for the content item provider.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein analyzers include a speech to text analyzer and the second parameter values include a price range parameter value, and further comprising determining a price range from output parameter values of the speech to text analyzer.

2. (canceled)

10. (canceled)

11. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions executable by a data processing apparatus and upon such execution cause the data processing to perform operations comprising:

selecting, for each of a plurality of voice query analyzers, an analyzer output parameter;

providing, to a plurality of computer devices of content item providers, instructions that cause each computer device to display a user interface through which a content item provider specifies analyzer output parameter values for each selected analyzer output parameter;

generating a voice query model for voice queries, the voice query model including analysis fields, wherein each analysis field in at least a first portion of the analysis fields corresponds to a corresponding analyzer output parameter and has a corresponding plurality of selectable analyzer output parameter values displayed in the user interface;

receiving, from each content item provider of the plurality of content item providers, voice query selection data that describes analyzer output parameter values for the voice query model that satisfy selection criteria for the content item provider; and

storing the voice query selection data for the content item providers to a computer memory device as query model selection data in a content item management system;

wherein the voice query analyzers include a semantic analyzer and a biometric analyzer, and the analysis fields of the user interface include analyzer output parameter values for both the semantic analyzer and the biometric analyzer;

receiving a voice query from a user device;

processing the voice query using the voice query analyzers to generate analyzer output parameter values for the voice query and generation a populated voice query mode having the generated analyzer output parameter values; and

selecting, for a content item provider, a content item to provide in response to a voice query represented by a populated voice query that satisfies the selection criteria for the content item provider;

wherein the content item providers are advertisers and the content items are advertisements.

13. The computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise processing a received voice query by the voice query analyzers and generating the populated voice query model having analyzer the output parameter values of the voice query analyzers.

14. The computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the biometric analyzer outputs gender parameter values that identify a gender of the speaker of the voice query.

15. The computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the biometric analyzer outputs emotion parameter values that identify sentiment of the speaker of the voice query.

16. The computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the biometric analyzer outputs an age parameter value that identifies an age range of the speaker of the voice query.

17. The computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the voice query analyzers include an environment analyzer that identifies an environment in which the speaker of the voice query is present.

18. The computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein:

the voice query model includes a second portion of analysis fields that each correspond to second parameter values determined from output analyzer parameter values to which the first portion of analysis fields correspond;

receiving voice query selection data comprises receiving voice query selection data that describes second parameter values for the voice query model that satisfy selection criteria for the content item provider.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 18, wherein analyzers include a speech to text analyzer and the second parameter values include a price range parameter value, and further comprising determining a price range from output parameter values of the speech to text analyzer.

12. (canceled)

20. A system, comprising:

a data processing apparatus; and

a computer readable storage medium in data communication with the data processing apparatus and storing instructions executable by the data processing apparatus and upon such execution cause the data processing to perform operations comprising;

selecting, for each of a plurality of voice query analyzers, an analyzer output parameter;

providing, to a plurality of computer devices of content item providers, instructions that cause each computer device to display a user interface through which a content item provider specifies analyzer output parameter values for each selected analyzer output parameter;

generating a voice query model for voice queries, the voice query model including analysis fields, wherein each analysis field in at least a first portion of the analysis fields corresponds to a corresponding analyzer output parameter and has a corresponding plurality of selectable analyzer output parameter values displayed in the user interface;

receiving, from each content item provider of the plurality of content item providers, voice query selection data that describes analyzer output parameter values for the voice query model that satisfy selection criteria for the content item provider; and

storing the voice query selection data for the content item providers to a computer memory device as query model selection data in a content item management system;

wherein the voice query analyzers include a semantic analyzer and a biometric analyzer, and the analysis fields of the user interface include analyzer output parameter values for both the semantic analyzer and the biometric analyzer;

receiving a voice query from a user device;

processing the voice query using the voice query analyzers to generate analyzer output parameter values for the voice query and generation a populated voice query mode having the generated analyzer output parameter values; and

selecting, for a content item provider, a content item to provide in response to a voice query represented by a populated voice query that satisfies the selection criteria for the content item provider;

wherein the content item providers are advertisers and the content items are advertisements.