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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2016
Veveo, Inc., Andover, MA (US);
Murali Aravamudan, Andover, MA (US);
Rakesh Barve, Bangalore, IN;
Sashikumar Venkataraman, Andover, MA (US);
Vineet Agarwal, Andover, MA (US);
Abhijit Savarkar, Andover, MA (US);
Ganesh Ramamoorthy, Andover, MA (US);
Ahmed Nizam Mohaideen Pathurudeen, Kovilpatti, IN;
K China Srinivasulu Reddy, Marathalli, IN;
VEVEO, INC., Andover, MA (US);
Abstract
A method of disambiguating user intent in conversational interactions for information retrieval is disclosed. The method includes providing access to a set of content items with metadata describing the content items and providing access to structural knowledge showing semantic relationships and links among the content items. The method further includes providing a user preference signature, receiving a first input from the user that is intended by the user to identify at least one desired content item, and determining an ambiguity index of the first input. If the ambiguity index is high, the method determines a query input based on the first input and at least one of the structural knowledge, the user preference signature, a location of the user, and the time of the first input and selects a content item based on comparing the query input and the metadata associated with the content item.