Entity disambiguation in a mobile environment
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsMatthew Sharifi, David Petrou
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for disambiguating entities in a mobile environment and using the disambiguated entity to perform actions. An example method includes identifying an ambiguous entity reference in a screen shot of an interface generated by a first mobile application executing on a mobile device, determining a chronological window of content captured prior to the screen shot, and identifying a plurality of entities appearing in the chronological window of content. The method also includes disambiguating the ambiguous entity reference using the plurality of entities appearing in the chronological window and using the disambiguated entity to perform an action in a second mobile application executing on the mobile device.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- identifying an ambiguous entity reference in a screen shot of an interface generated by a first mobile application executing on a mobile device;
- determining a chronological window of content captured prior to the screen shot;
- identifying a plurality of entities appearing in the chronological window of content;
- disambiguating the ambiguous entity reference using the plurality of entities appearing in the chronological window;
- and
- using the disambiguated entity to perform an action in a second mobile application executing on the mobile device.
A mobile device comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the mobile device to:
- identify an ambiguous entity reference in a screen shot of an interface generated by a first mobile application executing on the mobile device,
- determine a chronological window of content captured prior to the screen shot,
- identify a plurality of entities appearing in the chronological window of content,
- disambiguate the ambiguous entity reference using the plurality of entities appearing in the chronological window, and
- use the disambiguated entity to perform an action in a second mobile application executing on the mobile device.
A method comprising:
- identifying an ambiguous entity reference in a screen shot of an interface generated by a first mobile application executing on a mobile device;
- determining a category of the first mobile application;
- disambiguating the ambiguous entity reference using the category of the first mobile application;
- and
- using the disambiguated entity to perform an action in a second mobile application executing on the mobile device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.