Mobile device retrieval and navigation

• US 8,825,694 B2
• Filed: 11/22/2010
• Issued: 09/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cerence Operating Company (Cerence Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc. (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Samuelson, Mark, Meurs, Pim Van, Longe, Michael R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bullock, Joshua
• Application Number:
  US12/951,262
• Publication Number:
  US 20110126146A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,380 Days
• Field of Search: 707765-767
• US Class Current: 707/767
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0237 using prediction or retrieval techniques
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99935 Query augmenting and refining, e.g. inexact access

Abstract

In one general aspect, information is presented to a user by receiving a first input from a user and structuring the first input as a first stem. A separator is received designating subsequently-received input as a second input. The second input is received and the second input is structured as a second stem. The first stem and the second stem are related to a library of candidates. One or more results are rendered in response to relating the first stem and the second stem to the library of candidates and the user is enabled to select from among the one or more results.

Claims

1. In a wireless communication system supporting a plurality of personal electronic devices corresponding to users for communication within the wireless communication system, a method of presenting information to a user comprising:

receiving ambiguous terms for disambiguation from a personal electronic device;

analyzing the ambiguous terms based on nonconsecutive appearances of the ambiguous terms and on predicted interests of the user based on a history of previous user activity stored in the personal electronic device;

disambiguating the ambiguous terms based on the computed predicted interests of the user to generate disambiguation results;

rendering the disambiguation results in a tabbed user interface on the personal electronic device including multiple tabs that each correspond to an association between available applications for launch, each tab rendered as a screen viewing area representing a portion of the disambiguation results satisfying the association; and

launching, based on a user selection of one of the available applications, the selected application on the personal electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising identifying a user interest based on the disambiguation results.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the user selection includes voice inputs indicative of the selected application.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein rendering includes presentation of results related to an input stream, further comprising:

exchanging communications relating to an input stream with a host using a network; and

receiving, from the host results related from analyzing the character stream to generate results related to the character stream.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising:

processing received input to identify interests in a list of rendered results; and

identifying interests based on the rendered subject matter and the number of times the subject matter is manually requested.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein determining the predicted interests further comprises:

rendering a list of items based on an input stream, and concluding predicted interests based on a user activated keystroke requesting additional matching items.

7. A method of executing applications, comprising:

receiving a plurality of ambiguous terms for disambiguation from a personal electronic device;

analyzing the ambiguous terms based on nonconsecutive appearances of disambiguated terms corresponding to the received ambiguous terms in a searched reference, analyzing including comparing the disambiguated terms with predicted interests of the user based on a history of previous user activity stored in the personal electronic device;

disambiguating the ambiguous terms by returning results based on the nonconsecutive appearances and on the predicted interests;

rendering the returned results in tabs of multiple results, each tab indicative of an association between the results on the rendered tabs, each result based on matching the nonconsecutive disambiguated terms;

receiving a user input indicative of a rendered result;

launching an executable application corresponding to the received user input.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the nonconsecutive appearances are based on disambiguated terms appearing in a phrase.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein the nonconsecutive appearances are based on disambiguated terms appearing within a certain word distance of each other.

10. The method of claim 7 wherein the nonconsecutive appearances are based on appearance of the disambiguated terms anywhere in the returned result.

11. The method of claim 7 wherein the tabs represent associations of a type of data referenced by the results on the tab.

12. The method of claim 7 wherein the tabs represent association of a common application for launch in relation to the results on the tab.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein each result further comprises an indication of the application for launch corresponding to the result.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the disambiguation results represent query outputs returned based on web entries matching the disambiguated terms.

15. The method of claim 7 wherein the tabs filter the results according to a type of data or application corresponding to the results on the tab.

16. The method of claim 7 further comprising receiving a separator key indicative of an end of an ambiguous term and the start of a further ambiguous term.

17. A personal electronic device comprising:

a user input device for receiving a plurality of ambiguous terms for disambiguation from a personal electronic device;

a disambiguator application for analyzing the ambiguous terms based on nonconsecutive appearances of disambiguated terms corresponding to the received ambiguous terms in a searched reference, analyzing including comparing the disambiguated terms with predicted interests of the user based on a history of previous user activity stored in the personal electronic device, the disambiguator application further configured to disambiguate the ambiguous terms by returning results based on the nonconsecutive appearances and on the predicted interests;

an output screen for rendering the returned results in tabs of multiple results, each tab indicative of an association between the results on the rendered tabs, each result based on matching the nonconsecutive disambiguated terms;

the user input device further configured for receiving a user input indicative of a rendered result;

an application launching platform for launching an executable application corresponding to the received user input.