US 7,177,798 B2
Natural language interface using constrained intermediate dictionary of resultsGeneral
US 7,177,798 B2
Natural language interface using constrained intermediate dictionary of results
Tech Center:
2600 Communications
Examiner:
Vijay B. Chawan
Art Unit:
2626 Selective Visual Display Systems
Inventors:
Cheng Hsu; Veera Boonjing
Assignee:
Priority:
04/07/00
Filed:
05/21/01
Granted:
02/13/07
Expiration:
11/06/21
Abstract
A method for processing a natural language input provided by a user includes: providing a natural language query input to the user; performing, based on the input, a search of one or more language-based databases; providing, through a user interface, a result of the search to the user; identifying, for the one or more language-based databases, a finite number of database objects; and determining a plurality of combinations of the finite number of database objects. The one or more language-based databases include at least one metadata database including at least one of a group of information types including case information, keywords, information models, and database values.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
G10G10L15/063G10L