Systems and methods for editing and replaying natural language queries
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsRobert Brett Rose, Gregory Brandon Owen, Keith Charles Bottner
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for processing a natural language query. A receiver circuitry receives the natural language query from a user. A natural language interpreter circuitry parses the natural language query to convert the natural language query into a plurality of categories and a plurality of variables, each variable in the plurality of variables corresponding to one category in the plurality of categories. A user interface displays to the user the plurality of categories' and the plurality of variables, and allows the user to modify at least one variable in the plurality of variables by providing a natural language utterance.
Claims12
A method for processing a natural language query, the method implemented by one or more processors and comprising:
- receiving a first natural language utterance from a user indicative of the natural language query;
- parsing the natural language query to convert the natural language query into a converted query comprising a plurality of categories and a plurality of variables, each variable in the plurality of variables corresponding to a respective category of the plurality of categories;
- providing the plurality of categories and the plurality of variables of the converted query for presentation;
- responsive to receiving a user request to edit the converted query, automatically providing a plurality of replacement variables for a first category of the plurality of categories for presentation, wherein the first category is provided for the presentation based on the first natural language utterance from the user;
- determining a second natural language utterance indicative of a selection of a first replacement variable from the presentation of the plurality of replacement variables for the first category of the plurality of categories;
- responsive to determining the second natural language utterance indicative of the selection of the first replacement variable, modifying the converted query to generate a modified converted query comprising the first replacement variable for the first category;
- sequentially providing a plurality of items for presentation based on the modified converted query;
- receiving, in response to a given item of the plurality of items being provided for presentation during the sequentially providing, a user request;
- and
- responsive to the user request, and based on the user request being received in response to the given item being provided for presentation during the sequentially providing, performing an action that is based on the user request and that is based on the given item.
A system for processing a natural language query, the system comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory, the processor to:
- receive a first natural language utterance indicative of the natural language query;
- parse the natural language query to convert the natural language query into a plurality of categories and a plurality of variables, each variable in the plurality of variables corresponding to a respective category of the plurality of categories;
- provide the plurality of categories and the plurality of variables for presentation in response to the first natural language utterance;
- receive a second natural language utterance indicative of a modification to the natural language query;
- generate a modified query based on modifying at least one of the plurality of variables or the plurality of categories of the natural language query to correspond to the second natural language utterance;
- sequentially provide a plurality of items for presentation based on the modified query;
- receive, in response to a given item of the plurality of items being provided for presentation during the sequentially providing, a user request;
- and
- responsive to the user request, and based on the user request being received in response to the given item being provided for presentation during the sequentially providing, cause performance of an action that is based on the user request and that is based on the given item.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.