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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2012
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Dustin Hillard, Seattle, WA (US);
Fethiye Asli Celikyilmaz, Mountain View, CA (US);
Dilek Hakkani-Tur, Los Altos, CA (US);
Rukmini Iyer, Los Altos, CA (US);
Gokhan Tur, Los Altos, CA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Click logs are automatically mined to assist in discovering candidate variations for named entities. The named entities may be obtained from one or more sources and include an initial list of named entities. A search may be performed within one or more search engines to determine common phrases that are used to identify the named entity in addition to the named entity initially included in the named entity list. Click logs associated with results of past searches are automatically mined to discover what phrases determined from the searches are candidate variations for the named entity. The candidate variations are scored to assist in determining the variations to include within an understanding model. The variations may also be used when delivering responses and displayed output in the SLU system. For example, instead of using the listed named entity, a popular and/or shortened name may be used by the system.