Disambiguating input based on context
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving, at a mobile computing device, ambiguous user voice input that indicates more than one of a plurality of commands;
identifying one or more physical structures that are located within a threshold distance of the mobile computing device based on a presence of one or more wired or wireless connections that are currently available to the mobile computing device;
determining a current context associated with the mobile computing device, wherein the context associated with the mobile device is determined based on, at least, the one or more physical structures;
disambiguating the ambiguous user voice 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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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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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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receiving, at a mobile computing device, ambiguous user voice input that indicates more than one of a plurality of commands; identifying one or more physical structures that are located within a threshold distance of the mobile computing device based on a presence of one or more wired or wireless connections that are currently available to the mobile computing device; determining a current context associated with the mobile computing device, wherein the context associated with the mobile device is determined based on, at least, the one or more physical structures; disambiguating the ambiguous user voice 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for disambiguating user voice input, the system comprising:
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a mobile computing device; an input sub-system of the mobile computing device that is configured to receive ambiguous user voice input that indicates more than one of a plurality of commands; a location monitor unit of the mobile computing device that is configured to identify one or more physical structures that are located within a threshold distance of the mobile computing device based on a presence of one or more wired or wireless connections that are currently available to the mobile computing device; a context determination unit of the mobile computing device that is configured to determine a current context associated with the mobile computing, the current context being determined based on, at least, the one or more physical structures; an input disambiguation unit of the mobile computing device that is configured to disambiguate the ambiguous user voice input by selecting a command from the plurality of commands based on the current context associated with the mobile computing device; and an output sub-system of the mobile computing device that is configured to provide output associated with performance of the selected command.
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21. A computer program product embodied in a machine-readable storage device storing instructions that, when executed, cause a computing device having one or more computer processors to perform operations comprising:
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receiving ambiguous user voice input that indicates more than one of a plurality of commands; identifying one or more physical structures that are located within a threshold distance of the computing device based on a presence of one or more wired or wireless connections that are currently available to the computing device; determining a current context associated with the computing device, wherein the context associated with the mobile device is determined based on, at least, the one or more physical structures; disambiguating the ambiguous user voice input by selecting a command from the plurality of commands based on the context associated with the computing device; and causing output associated with performance of the selected command to be provided by the computing device.
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