INQUIRY-ORIENTED USER INPUT APPARATUS AND METHOD

Patent №

US 7,974,979

Granted

2011-07-05

Filed 2008

Owner

ZI CORPORATION OF CANADA, INC.

Lab

AI components

3

nlp · speech · hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

12245696

User input from a reduced keypad is disambiguated and compared with a first dynamic lexicon, and predicted matches (e.g. either a single word or phrase) are offered. If a user continues to type beyond a boundary condition, then input is no longer predicted from the first lexicon, but instead is interpreted as a request for matches from a second, quasi-static lexicon allowing words or phrases to be entered. When the entry is accepted, data is transmitted to a remote receiver and may be parsed as an inquiry for subsequent operation. Following acceptance, the apparatus invokes a program suitable for interacting with the response generated to the inquiry.

Natural languageSpeechAI hardwareG06F 16/2471G06F 3/0237G06F 16/24578G06F 40/274

AI classification

Natural language1.00
Speech1.00
AI hardware0.80
Knowledge representation0.14
Machine learning0.04
Evolutionary computation0.00
Vision0.00
Planning0.00

Ownership

ZI CORPORATION OF CANADA, INC.

assignment · 222100884

Assignors

QIU, WEIGEN, WILLIAMS, ROLAND E., TEMPLETON-STEADMAN, WILLIAM J.

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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