Method of and System for Using Conversation State Information in a Conversational Interaction System
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method of inferring user intent in a search input based on inferring a meaning in a portion of the search input in a content providing system having one or more processors, the method comprising:
- providing access to a set of content items, each of the content items being associated with metadata that describes the corresponding content item, and each of the content items being associated with at least one information domain;
receiving search input from the user at one or more of the processors, the search input being intended by the user to identify at least one desired content item;
determining by one or more of the processors at least one information domain relevant to the search input from the user;
determining by one or more of the processors that at least a portion of the search input contains a phrase of at least one word having a particular meaning in the information domain determined to be relevant to the search input;
inferring by one or more of the processors a possible particular meaning for the phrase based on the search input and the information domain determined to be relevant to the search input; and
selecting by one or more of the processors at least one content item from the set of content items based on comparing at least a portion of the search input and the possible particular meaning for the phase with the metadata associated with the content items.
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Abstract
A method of using conversation state information in a conversational interaction system is disclosed. A method of inferring a change of a conversation session during continuous user interaction with an interactive content providing system includes receiving input from the user including linguistic elements intended by the user to identify an item, associating a linguistic element of the input with a first conversation session, and providing a response based on the input. The method also includes receiving additional input from the user and inferring whether or not the additional input from the user is related to the linguistic element associated with the conversation session. If related, the method provides a response based on the additional input and the linguistic element associated with the first conversation session. Otherwise, the method provides a response based on the second input without regard for the linguistic element associated with the first conversation session.
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1. A computer-implemented method of inferring user intent in a search input based on inferring a meaning in a portion of the search input in a content providing system having one or more processors, the method comprising:
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providing access to a set of content items, each of the content items being associated with metadata that describes the corresponding content item, and each of the content items being associated with at least one information domain; receiving search input from the user at one or more of the processors, the search input being intended by the user to identify at least one desired content item; determining by one or more of the processors at least one information domain relevant to the search input from the user; determining by one or more of the processors that at least a portion of the search input contains a phrase of at least one word having a particular meaning in the information domain determined to be relevant to the search input; inferring by one or more of the processors a possible particular meaning for the phrase based on the search input and the information domain determined to be relevant to the search input; and selecting by one or more of the processors at least one content item from the set of content items based on comparing at least a portion of the search input and the possible particular meaning for the phase with the metadata associated with the content items. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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