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US 9,854,049 B2Granted
Systems and methods for resolving ambiguous terms in social chatter based on a user profile
AssigneeRovi Guides, Inc.
InventorsTimothy Christensen Kelly, Benjamin Maughan, Brian Peterson, David Yon, Walter R. Klappert
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed herein to provide information to a user based on a symbol with a plurality of interpretations. Each candidate interpretation for the symbol is identified and compared to an attribute of a user profile. The meaning of the symbol is determined and the user profile is updated with the meaning of the symbol. This meaning may be used to provide relevant information to the user.
Claims20
A method for providing information to a user comprising:
- receiving, with user equipment associated with a first user, a communication transmitted by a second user;
- in response to receiving the communication that was transmitted by the second user, processing, with the user equipment associated with the first user, text of the communication to identify a symbol of the communication that is subject to a plurality of candidate interpretations, the symbol including one or more words in the processed text of the communication;
- identifying each candidate interpretation of the plurality of candidate interpretations;
- retrieving a profile of the first user;
- comparing an attribute of the profile to each candidate interpretation of the plurality of candidate interpretations;
- in response determining, based on the comparison, that the first user has accessed a first media asset that is associated with a first of the plurality of candidate interpretations more recently than a second media asset that is associated with a second of the plurality of candidate interpretations, selecting as a determined meaning of the symbol the first candidate interpretation;
- and
- updating the profile to include information based on the determined meaning.
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A system for providing information to a user comprising:
- communications circuitry;
- and
- control circuitry configured to:
- receive, using the communications circuitry with user equipment associated with a first user, a communication transmitted by a second user;
- in response to receiving the communication that was transmitted by the second user, process, with the user equipment associated with the first user, text of the communication to identify a symbol of the communication that is subject to a plurality of candidate interpretations, the symbol including one or more words in the processed text of the communication;
- identify each candidate interpretation of the plurality of candidate interpretations;
- retrieve a profile of the user;
- compare an attribute of the profile to each candidate interpretation of the plurality of candidate interpretations;
- in response determining, based on the comparison, that the first user has accessed a first media asset that is associated with a first of the plurality of candidate interpretations more recently than a second media asset that is associated with a second of the plurality of candidate interpretations, select as a determined meaning of the symbol the first candidate interpretation;
- and
- update the profile to include information based on the determined meaning.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.