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Intent re-ranker

  • US 10,600,406 B1
  • Filed: 03/20/2017
  • Issued: 03/24/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

  • receiving, from a first electronic device and at a speech-processing system, first audio data representing a first utterance, the first utterance including a request to perform a first action;

    receiving, at the speech-processing system, first notification data indicating that content is being presented on a display screen associated with the first electronic device;

    generating first text data representing the first audio data;

    determining, using the first text data, that the first utterance corresponds to;

    a first intent hypothesis associated with first functionality, the first intent hypothesis associated with first slot data, anda second intent hypothesis associated with second functionality, the second intent hypothesis associated with second slot data;

    determining that a first domain provided the content, the first domain being associated with the first functionality;

    requesting, from the first domain, entity data representing one or more entities associated with the content;

    receiving, from at least one system component associated with the first domain, the entity data, the at least one system component being different than the first electronic device and the entity data corresponding to the first slot data;

    selecting the first intent hypothesis as being representative of the first utterance instead of selecting the second intent hypothesis based, at least in part, on the entity data corresponding to the first slot data instead of corresponding to the second slot data; and

    based at least in part on selecting the first intent hypothesis, causing the first domain to perform the first action in accordance with the first functionality.

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