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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2015
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Benoit Dumoulin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ali Ahmadi, Bellevue, WA (US);
Sarangarajan Parthasarathy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Nick Craswell, City Center, WA (US);
Umut Ozertem, San Carlos, CA (US);
Milad Shokouhi, Cambridge, GB;
Karthik Raghunathan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Rosie Jones, Cambridge, MA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for providing alternative query suggestions. For example, a spoken natural language expression may be received and converted to a textual query by a speech recognition component. The spoken natural language expression may include one or more words, terms, and/or phrases. A phonetically confusable segment of the textual query may be identified by a classifier component. The classifier component may determine at least one alternative query based on identifying at least the phonetically confusable segment of the textual query. The classifier may further determine whether to suggest the at least one alternative query based on whether the at least one alternative query is sensical and/or useful. When it is determined to suggest the at least one alternative query, the at least one alternative query may be provided to and displayed on a user interface display.