Providing additional information related to a vague term in a message
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- identifying a message that is associated with two or more users, wherein the users include a sender and one or more recipients, and wherein the message includes one or more terms;
determining a vague term of the terms, wherein the vague term includes a plurality of consecutive words, the consecutive words including at least a word and an additional word;
determining that at least the word of the vague term is a reference to a given user of the users, the given user being the sender or one of the recipients;
identifying, based on determining that the word is a reference to the given user, a user-restricted database associated with the given user, wherein the user-restricted database includes content personal to the given user, and wherein access to the user-restricted database is limitable by the given user;
determining, based on the user-restricted database, additional information that is related to the vague term,wherein the user-restricted database is used in determining the additional information that is related to the vague term based on the user-restricted database being associated with the given user and based on the given user being referenced by the word of the vague term; and
providing the additional information to at least one of the users.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus related to providing additional information related to a vague term in a message. For example, in some implementations, one or more messages sent by a sender and received by one or more recipients may be identified, a vague term in the message may be identified, a user-restricted database may be identified that is associated with the sender or a recipient, and additional information related to the vague term may be determined from the user-restricted database. A vague term is a term which may have multiple meanings and that can be clarified with additional information. In some implementations, user-restricted databases may include additional information that is associated with the user that may be utilized to replace the vague term with a clarified term. In some implementations, a user-restricted database may be utilized to identify additional information in another database that may be utilized to clarify the vague term.
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22 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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identifying a message that is associated with two or more users, wherein the users include a sender and one or more recipients, and wherein the message includes one or more terms; determining a vague term of the terms, wherein the vague term includes a plurality of consecutive words, the consecutive words including at least a word and an additional word; determining that at least the word of the vague term is a reference to a given user of the users, the given user being the sender or one of the recipients; identifying, based on determining that the word is a reference to the given user, a user-restricted database associated with the given user, wherein the user-restricted database includes content personal to the given user, and wherein access to the user-restricted database is limitable by the given user; determining, based on the user-restricted database, additional information that is related to the vague term, wherein the user-restricted database is used in determining the additional information that is related to the vague term based on the user-restricted database being associated with the given user and based on the given user being referenced by the word of the vague term; and providing the additional information to at least one of the users. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system including memory and one or more processors operable to execute instructions stored in the memory, comprising instructions to:
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identify a message that is associated with two or more users, wherein the users include a sender and one or more recipients, and wherein the message includes one or more terms; determine a vague term of the terms, wherein the vague term includes a plurality of consecutive words, the consecutive words including at least a word and an additional word; determine that at least the word of the vague term is a reference to a given user of the users, the given user being the sender or one of the recipients; identify, based on determining that the word is a reference to the given user, a user-restricted database associated with the given user, wherein the user-restricted database includes content personal to the given user, and wherein access to the user-restricted database is limitable by the given user; determine, based on the user-restricted database, additional information that is related to the vague term, wherein the user-restricted database is used in determining the additional information that is related to the vague term based on the user-restricted database being associated with the given user and based on the given user being referenced by the word of the vague term; and provide the additional information to at least one of the users. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions executable by a processor, the instructions including instructions to:
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identify a message that is associated with two or more users, wherein the users include a sender and one or more recipients, and wherein the message includes a vague term that includes a plurality of consecutive words, the consecutive words including at least a word and an additional word; determine that at least the word of the vague term is a reference to a given user of the users, the given user being the sender or one of the recipients; identify, based on determining that the word is a reference to the given user, a user-restricted database associated with the given user, wherein the user-restricted database includes content personal to the given user, and wherein access to the user-restricted database is limitable by the given user; determine, based on the user-restricted database, additional information that is related to the vague term, wherein the user-restricted database is used in determining the additional information that is related to the vague term based on the user-restricted database being associated with the given user and based on the given user being referenced by the word of the vague term; and provide the additional information to at least one of the users.
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