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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2008
Nicholas K Treadgold, San Jose, CA (US);
Babak Hodjat, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Nicholas K Treadgold, San Jose, CA (US);
Babak Hodjat, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sybase, Inc., Dublin, CA (US);
Abstract
Natural language interface to a back-end application, incorporating synonyms, suggestions, and proposals. Roughly described, synonyms are automatically added to user input to enhance the natural language interpretation, whereas suggestions and proposals are offered to the user in an interaction, usually after an interpretation of prior user input. Suggestions and synonyms can be learned from user input, whereas proposals are programmed by a third party. The selection of synonyms, suggestions, and proposals for use with particular user input can be user input context-based so that further user input can maintain context by explicitly indicating that the same context is intended, and rewards-based reinforcement can be used to better focus suggestions and proposals on the characteristics of the particular user.