System and method for suggesting a phrase based on a context

• US 10,257,137 B2
• Filed: 02/12/2018
• Issued: 04/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Govande, Shailesh Dinkar, Tipnis, Madhura Pravin
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim, Hee Soo
• Application Number:
  US15/894,758
• Publication Number:
  US 20180167344A1
• Time in Patent Office: 421 Days
• Field of Search: 709206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/063 Content adaptation, e.g. replacement of unsuitable content

Abstract

A method and a system to suggest a content item to be included in a message based on a determined context are provided. A context of a message that user is composing via a composition interface is determined based on one or more properties of the message. One or more inputs to the user composition interface are identified, the one or more inputs indicating at least a portion of intended content of the message. One or more suggested content items are provided for inclusion in the message based on the context of the message and the one or more inputs. A suggested content item of the suggested content items are added in the message based at least in part on the one or more properties of the message.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

one or more processors and executable instructions accessible on a computer-readable medium that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising;

determining a context of a message that a user is composing via a composition interface based on one or more properties of the message;

identifying one or more inputs to the composition interface, the context of the message being determined further based on the one or more inputs;

retrieving, based on a proficiency of the user in a human-readable language, one or more suggested content items in the human-readable language from a dictionary including a data structure that links one or more inputs to the one or more suggested content items, the retrieving comprising;

applying user-defined rules to identify the one or more suggested content items; and

causing the one or more suggested content items to be displayed in a composition interface; and

causing display of one or more suggested content items for inclusion in the message based on the context of the message.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

applying the user-defined rules to exclude an available content item from the one or more suggested content items.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more properties of the message include:

a parent message, at least one keyword from the message being composed, at least one recipient of the message, an account being used to generate the message, a human-readable language in which the message is composed, a change of geographical location of the user, or calendar data of the user.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise refraining from adding a suggestion content item of the one or more suggested content items to the message.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more suggested content items is a modification of the one or more inputs indicating at least a portion of the message.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise receiving a confirmation from the user to add the suggested content item in the message.

7. A method comprising:

determining a context of a message that a user is composing via a composition interface based on one or more properties of the message;

identifying one or more inputs to the composition interface, the context of the message being determined further based on the one or more inputs;

retrieving based on a proficiency of the user in a human-readable language, one or more suggested content items in the human-readable language from a dictionary including a data structure that links one or more inputs to the one or more suggested content items, the retrieving comprising;

applying user-defined rules to identify the one or more suggested content items; and

causing the one or more suggested content items to be displayed in a composition interface; and

causing display of one or more suggested content items for inclusion in the message based on the context of the message.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

applying the user-defined rules to exclude an available content item from the one or more suggested content items.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the one or more properties of the message include:

a parent message, at least one keyword from the message being composed, at least one recipient of the message, an account being used to generate the message, a human-readable language in which the message is composed, a change of geographical location of the user, or calendar data of the user.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising refraining from adding a suggestion content item of the one or more suggested content items to the message.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the one or more suggested content items is a modification of the one or more inputs indicating at least a portion of the message.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising receiving a confirmation from the user to add the suggested content item in the message.

13. A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

determining a context of a message that a user is composing via a composition interface based on one or more properties of the message;

identifying one or more inputs to the composition interface, the context of the message being determined further based on the one or more inputs;

retrieving, based on a proficiency of the user in a human-readable language, one or more suggested content items in the human-readable language from a dictionary including a data structure that links one or more inputs to the one or more suggested content items, the retrieving comprising;

applying user-defined rules to identify the one or more suggested content items; and

causing the one or more suggested content items to be displayed in a composition interface; and

causing display of one or more suggested content items for inclusion in the message based on the context of the message.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise:

applying the user-defined rules to exclude an available content item from the one or more suggested content items.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the one or more properties of the message include:

a parent message, at least one keyword from the message being composed, at least one recipient of the message, an account being used to generate the message, a human-readable language in which the message is composed, a change of geographical location of the user, or calendar data of the user.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise refraining from adding a suggestion content item of the one or more suggested content items to the message.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the one or more suggested content items is a modification of one or more inputs indicating at least a portion of the message.