Linguistic Service Platform

• US 20090326920A1
• Filed: 06/26/2008
• Published: 12/31/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Ye, Shenghua, Snyder, Kieran, Georgiev, Dimiter, Sayed, Tarek M., Guzman, Gerardo Vilarreal, Lin, Yung-Shin, Feinberg, Yaniv, Cavalcante, Ryan M.
• Granted Patent: US 8,019,596 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/9
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/20 Natural language analysis semantic analysis of natural language G06F40/30

Abstract

Linguistic service platform techniques are described. In implementations, one or more computer-readable media comprise instructions that are executable by a computer to designate a linguistic service having a particular property responsive to an application program interface call specifying the property. Communication may be brokered between the linguistic service and the application so that communication occurs without the application directly communicating with the linguistic service.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

designating a linguistic service, based on a property of the linguistic service, that is available through a platform to recognize linguistic property information associated with text data; and

brokering communication between an application and the linguistic service to obscure the linguistic service to the platform.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein linguistic property information includes an indication of an action associated with the text data.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the designation makes the application aware of each linguistic service available to the application responsive to an application program interface (API) call.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein responsive to an application program interface (API) call that indicates an output format for the linguistic property information, the linguistic property information is output in the output format.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the linguistic service is designated based on a particular property specified by the application.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the linguistic property information is associated with text data within a range of a text from the application.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising upon completion of text recognition, forming a callback.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising when the text data is altered, freeing memory containing the linguistic property information associated with the text data.

9. A system comprising:

a linguistic service to recognize linguistic property information associated with text data within a range of a text; and

a platform to broker communication between the linguistic service and an application, in which the platform obscures the linguistic service to the application.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the platform is further configured to designate the linguistic service to the application based on a property of the linguistic service.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the platform is further configured to responsive to an application program interface (API) call, designate each linguistic service having a particular property indicated in the API call.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the linguistic service is further configured as a plugin to the platform.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the platform is further configured to upon completing recognition of linguistic property information, communicate a callback.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the linguistic service is further configured to output the linguistic property information in a format indicated by the application.

15. One or more computer-readable media comprising instructions that are executable by a computer to:

designate a linguistic service having a particular property available through a platform responsive to an application program interface (API) call specifying the particular property of the linguistic service; and

broker communication between the application and the linguistic service without the application directly communicating with the linguistic service.

16. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 15, wherein the instructions are further executable to indicate that the linguistic service is configured to perform an action associated with text data in a range of a text.

17. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 15, wherein the instructions are further executable to recognize linguistic property information associated with text data within a range of a text responsive to receiving the text.

18. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 15, wherein the instructions are further executable to responsive to receiving an application program interface (API) call indicating an output format, output linguistic property information in the output format.

19. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 15, wherein the instructions are further executable to upon completing recognize linguistic property information, form a callback to the application.

20. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 15, wherein the linguistic service is independent from the application.