INSERTING LINKS THAT AID ACTION COMPLETION

• US 20160253294A1
• Filed: 02/20/2015
• Published: 09/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Allen, Corville O., Freed, Andrew R.
• Granted Patent: US 10,417,313 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/14 Tree-structured documents parsing G06F40/205; validation G06F40/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/289 Phrasal analysis, e.g. finite state techniques or chunking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/30 Semantic analysis

Abstract

Based on natural language processing of a passage of a first electronic document, a determination is made that the passage indicates an action to be undertaken. In response to this determination and based on an analysis of a second electronic document, the second electronic document is identified as incorporating content preconfigured to allow completion of the action. In response to this identification, the passage is linked to the second electronic document.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining, based on natural language processing of a passage of a first electronic document, that the passage indicates an action to be undertaken;

identifying, in response to the determining and based on an analysis of a second electronic document, that the second electronic document incorporates content preconfigured to allow the completion of the action; and

linking, in response to the identifying, the passage to the second electronic document.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the action is to be undertaken by a reader of the passage, and wherein the content is preconfigured to allow the reader to complete the action.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the linking the passage to the second electronic document includes incorporating a hyperlink into at least a portion of the passage.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the hyperlink is selected from a group of link types consisting of an inline link, an anchor link embedded in text of the passage, and an anchor link incorporating a hot area.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first electronic document is a first webpage and the second electronic document is a second webpage.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first electronic document is selected from a group of electronic document types consisting of an email and a word processor document.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the analysis of the second electronic document includes natural language processing of the second electronic document.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

identifying a third electronic document that is linked to the passage;

identifying that the third electronic document does not incorporate content preconfigured to allow the completion of the action; and

removing, prior to the linking the passage to the second electronic document and in response to the identifying that the third electronic document does not incorporate content preconfigured to allow completion of the action, the link between the third electronic document and the passage.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the action is a download of a file, and wherein the preconfigured content of the second electronic document includes a download link for the file.

10. The method of claim 2, wherein the action is an electronic submission of written content, and wherein the preconfigured content of the second electronic document includes one or more fields for entry of the written content by the reader.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the analysis of the second electronic document includes verifying that the preconfigured content of the second electronic document is operable.

12. The method of claim 2, wherein the determining that the text element within the passage indicates the action to be undertaken by the reader includes determining, using natural language processing, that the text element incorporates a verb in the imperative mood.

13. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

determining an action type of the action to be undertaken by the reader,

wherein the analysis of the second electronic document includes determining, by analyzing source code of the second electronic document, that the second electronic document incorporates content preconfigured to allow the reader to complete the action type.

14. A system comprising:

a memory;

at least one processor circuit in communication with the memory, wherein the at least one processor circuit is configured to perform a method comprising;

determining, based on natural language processing of a passage of a first electronic document, that the passage indicates an action to be undertaken;

identifying, in response to the determining and based on an analysis of a second electronic document, that the second electronic document incorporates content preconfigured to allow the completion of the action; and

linking, in response to the identifying, the passage to the second electronic document.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the action is to be undertaken by a reader of the passage, and wherein the content is preconfigured to allow the reader to complete the action.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the linking the passage to the second electronic document includes incorporating a hyperlink into at least a portion of the passage.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the hyperlink is selected from a group of link types consisting of an inline link, an anchor link embedded in text of the passage, and an anchor link incorporating a hot area.

18. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to perform a method comprising:

determining, based on natural language processing of a passage of a first electronic document, that the passage indicates an action to be undertaken;

identifying, in response to the determining and based on an analysis of a second electronic document, that the second electronic document incorporates content preconfigured to allow the completion of the action; and

linking, in response to the identifying, the passage to the second electronic document.

19. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein the action is to be undertaken by a reader of the passage, and wherein the content is preconfigured to allow the reader to complete the action.

20. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein the linking the passage to the second electronic document includes incorporating a hyperlink into at least a portion of the passage.