COLLABORATIVE PERSONAL ASSISTANT SYSTEM FOR DELEGATING PROVISION OF SERVICES BY THIRD PARTY TASK PROVIDERS AND METHOD THEREFOR

• US 20150081361A1
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Published: 03/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Ji-Cheol, Choi, Sung-Ho
• Application Number:
  US14/385,769
• Publication Number:
  US 20150081361A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.13
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/243 Natural language query formulation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3329 Natural language query formulation or dialogue systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06311 Scheduling, planning or task assignment for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/203 for converged personal network application service interworking, e.g. OMA converged personal network services [CPNS]

Abstract

Provided is a collaborative Personal Assistant (PA) system for delegating provision of services by third party task providers. The system includes a contextual reasoned for searching for a first third party task provider supporting a first task required by a user input by using natural language input patterns for tasks supported by services operated by the third party task providers; and a server comprised of a task delegate unit for providing to the user a service and an action required by the user input for the first task, and providing additional service and actions supporting the first task to the user regardless of the user input.

Claims

1. A collaborative Personal Assistant (PA) system for delegating provision of services by third party task providers, the system comprising:

a contextual unit configured to search for a first third-party task provider supporting a first task required by a user input by using natural language input patterns for tasks supported by services operated by the third-party task providers; and

a server of a task delegate unit configured to provide to the user a service and an action required by the user input for the first task and configured to provide additional service and actions supporting the first task to the user regardless of the user input.

2. The collaborative PA system of claim 1, wherein the contextual unit is configured to check whether the user input is matched to any one of the natural language input patterns, and if the user input is matched to any one of the natural language input patterns, the task delegate unit is configured to perform a delegation operation of the first third-party task provider supporting the first task corresponding to a web service query mapped to the input pattern.

3. The collaborative PA system of claim 2, wherein the natural language input patterns are mapped to a web service query for a delegation operation of tasks supported by services operated by the third-party task providers.

4. The collaborative PA system of claim 1, wherein the task delegate unit is configured to display a service and an action required by the user input on a screen of a user device for the first task, and is additionally configured to display on the screen, input methods with which the user may select the additional service and actions.

5. The collaborative PA system of claim 4, wherein the input method includes receiving a touch input, receiving a button click from a button displayed on a screen of the user device, or receiving an audible input on the user device.

6. The collaborative PA system of claim 1, wherein the task delegate unit is configured to send an accept request for use of personal information to the user if the additional service and actions supporting the first task require personal information of the user, and upon receiving an acceptance for use of the personal information from the user, the task delegate unit is configured to provide the additional service and actions supporting the first task to the user by delivering the personal information to the first third-party task provider.

7. A method for delegating provision of services by third-party task providers in a collaborative Personal Assistant (PA) system, the method comprising:

searching for a first third-party task provider supporting a first task required by a user input by using natural language input patterns for tasks supported by services operated by the third party third-party task providers;

providing to the user a service and an action required by the user input for the first task; and

providing an additional service and actions supporting the first task to the user regardless of the user input.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein searching for the first third-party task provider comprises:

checking whether the user input is matched to any one of the natural language input patterns; and

if the user input is matched to any one of the natural language input patterns, performing a delegation operation of the first third-party task provider supporting the first task corresponding to a web service query mapped to the input pattern.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the natural language input patterns are mapped to a web service query for a delegation operation of tasks supported by services operated by the third-party task providers.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein performing the delegation operation comprises:

displaying a service and an action required by the user input on a screen of a user device, for the first task; and

additionally displaying, on the screen, input methods with which the user may select the additional service and actions.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the input methods include receiving a touch input, receiving a button click from a button displayed on a screen of the user device, or receiving an audible input on the user device.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

sending an accept request for use of personal information to the user if the additional service and actions supporting the first task require personal information of the user; and

upon receiving an acceptance for use of the personal information from the user, providing the additional service and actions supporting the first task to the user by delivering the personal information to the first third-party task provider.