Automatic Calendar Event Generation with Structured Data from Free-Form Speech

• US 20150278737A1
• Filed: 12/30/2013
• Published: 10/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Chen Huebscher, Chia-Nee Michelle, Huebscher, Markus Cedric, Wernli, Dino
• Application Number:
  US14/144,022
• Publication Number:
  US 20150278737A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06314 Calendaring for a resource
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/227 of the speaker; Human-factor methodology
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/228 of application context

Abstract

Embodiments described herein may involve methods and systems for automatic generation of a calendar event with structured data from free-form speech. An example method may involve receiving a speech segment, where the speech segment includes a spoken-language description of an event. In some cases, a determination can be made that portions of the spoken-language description correspond to time data, substance of the event, location of the event, and/or event attendees. This determination may then be used to generate a calendar-event object, where a when-field of the calendar-event object is set based on the time data, where a what-field of the calendar-event object is set based on the substance of the event, where a where-field of the calendar-event object is set based on the location of the event and determined location information, and/or where a who-field of the calendar-event object is set based on event-attendees.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a speech segment, wherein the speech segment is associated with a user-account, and wherein the speech segment includes a spoken-language description of an event;

determining, based on natural-language mapping data, that portions of the spoken-language description correspond to at least;

(i) time data, (ii) event-substance data, and (iii) event-location data;

determining location information corresponding to the user-account; and

generating a calendar-event object comprising a when-field that is determined based at least in part on the time data, a what-field that is determined based at least in part on the event-substance data, and a where-field that is determined based at least in part on the event-location data and the determined location information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein portions of the spoken-language description further correspond to event attendees.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining location information comprises determining the event-location data based on current-location information.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the location information comprises one or more of:

(a) business information, (b) address, (c) directions, (d) current-location information, and (e) location of event attendees.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein generating a calendar-event object further comprises determining address book contacts corresponding to event attendees.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the contacts are determined based on the spoken-language description of the event.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the contacts are determined based on a frequency of interaction with a plurality of contacts.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the contacts are determined based on the location information, wherein the location information comprises a location of the event attendees.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the time data comprises one or more of:

(i) time of the event, (ii) date of the event, (iii) day of the week for the event.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending an event-reminder to a user of a computing device, wherein the event-reminder comprises the calendar-event object.

11. A system comprising:

a computing device configured to;

receive a speech segment, wherein the speech segment is associated with a user-account, and wherein the speech segment includes a spoken-language description of an event;

determine, based on natural-language mapping data, that portions of the spoken-language description correspond to at least;

(i) time data, (ii) event-substance data, and (iii) event-location data;

determine location information corresponding to the user-account; and

generate a calendar-event object comprising a when-field that is determined based at least in part on the time data, a what-field that is determined based at least in part on the event-substance data, and a where-field that is determined based at least in part on the event-location data and the determined location information.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein portions of the spoken-language description further correspond to event attendees.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the computing device configured to determine location information comprises the computing device determining the event-location data based on current-location information.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the location information comprises one or more of:

(a) business information, (b) address, (c) directions, (d) current-location information, and (e) location of event attendees.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the computing device configured to generate a calendar-event object further comprises the computing device determining address book contacts corresponding to event attendees.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the contacts are determined based on the spoken-language description of the event.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the contacts are determined based on a frequency of interaction with a plurality of contacts.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the contacts are determined based on the location information, wherein the location information comprises a location of the event attendees.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the time data comprises one or more of:

(i) time of the event, (ii) date of the event, (iii) day of the week for the event.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein instructions executable by a computing device to cause the computing device to perform functions comprising:

receiving a speech segment, wherein the speech segment is associated with a user-account, and wherein the speech segment includes a spoken-language description of an event;

determining, based on natural-language mapping data, that portions of the spoken-language description correspond to at least;

(i) time data, (ii) event-substance data, and (iii) event-location data;

determining location information corresponding to the user-account; and

generating a calendar-event object comprising a when-field that is determined based at least in part on the time data, a what-field that is determined based at least in part on the event-substance data, and a where-field that is determined based at least in part on the event-location data and the determined location information.