Linguistic service platform

• US 8,019,596 B2
• Filed: 06/26/2008
• Issued: 09/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• 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.
• Primary Examiner(s): Vo; Huyen X.
• Application Number:
  US12/147,389
• Publication Number:
  US 20090326920A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,174 Days
• Field of Search: 704/255, 704/270, 704/270.1, 704 1- 10, 704/257, 704/271, 717/122
• 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 computer-implemented method comprising:

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

using, with the computing device, the functional service property to broker communication between an application specifying the functional service property and a linguistic service that matches the functional service property effective to obscure the linguistic service to the platform, without the application issuing an application program interface (API) specifying the linguistic service.

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

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

6. The computer-implemented 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 computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising upon completion of text recognition, forming a callback.

8. The computer-implemented 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:

one or more processors;

one or more computer-readable storage media;

instructions on the one or more computer-readable storage media which, when executed by the one or more processors, provide;

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, wherein the platform is further configured to designate the linguistic service to the application based on a functional service property of the linguistic service, without the application issuing an application program interface (API) call specifying the linguistic service.

10. 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.

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

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

13. 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.

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

designate a linguistic service having a particular functional property available through a platform responsive to an application program interface (API) call specifying the particular functional property of the linguistic service, without the API call specifying the linguistic service; and

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

15. One or more tangible computer-readable storage media as described in claim 14, 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.

16. One or more tangible computer-readable storage media as described in claim 14, 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.

17. One or more tangible computer-readable storage media as described in claim 14, 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.

18. One or more tangible computer-readable storage media as described in claim 14, wherein the instructions are further executable to upon completing recognize linguistic property information, form a callback to the application.

19. One or more tangible computer-readable storage media as described in claim 14, wherein the linguistic service is independent from the application.