User context-based enterprise search with multi-modal interaction

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• for an enterprise user, periodically updating a user context for enterprise search based on at least a plurality of past enterprise search queries, the enterprise being a business organization, the enterprise user being an employee of the enterprise;
• receiving, from a client application having search functionality and an integrated digital assistant and as part of a search session dialog, an enterprise search query indicative of a user question asking the integrated digital assistant to retrieve an enterprise file, the enterprise file being accessible only by one or more members of the business organization based at least in part on a permission setting of the client application;
• determining an intent and one or more slots of the enterprise search query based in part on the plurality of past enterprise search queries and the enterprise search query, wherein the intent indicates the enterprise user's intention for the integrated digital assistant to retrieve the enterprise file and the one or more slots indicate specify a file type identifier of the enterprise file indicated in the enterprise search query;
• based at least in part on:
• the determining of the intent that indicates the enterprise user's intention for the integrated digital assistant to retrieve the enterprise file, the permission setting, and the one or more slots specifying the file type indicated in the enterprise search query, retrieving, a plurality of files of the business organization;
• based at least in part on the retrieving of the plurality of files, generating a response that includes a prompt in natural language asking which file, of the plurality of files the user wants;
• and
• providing the response to the client application for output as part of the search session dialog.

Computer storage media storing instructions, that when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising:

• for an enterprise user, periodically updating a user context for enterprise search at least a plurality of past enterprise search queries the enterprise user being an employee of a business organization;
• receiving, from a client application having search functionality and an integrated digital assistant, an enterprise search query indicative of a user question asking the integrated digital assistant to retrieve an enterprise file and input by the enterprise user, the input of the enterprise search query initiating or continuing a search session dialog with the digital assistant, the enterprise search query being submitted by the enterprise user subsequent to the plurality of past enterprise search queries, the enterprise file being accessible only by one or more members of the business organization based at least in part on a permission setting of the client application;
• determining an intent and one or more slots of the enterprise search query based in part on the plurality of past enterprise search queries, wherein the intent indicates the enterprise user's intention for the integrated digital assistant to retrieve the enterprise file and the one or more slots specify a file type identifier of the enterprise file;
• based at least in part on:
• the determining of the intent, the permission setting, and the one or more slots specifying the file type, retrieving, from an enterprise search index comprising a plurality of files, the enterprise file;
• based at least in part on the retrieving the enterprise file from the enterprise search index comprising the plurality of files, generating a response, by the integrated digital assistant, that includes a link to the enterprise file;
• and
• providing the response to the client application for output to the enterprise user as part of the search session dialog.