WO2018022970A1 - Systems and methods for determining an execution path for a natural language query - Google Patents

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WO2018022970A1
WO2018022970A1 PCT/US2017/044332 US2017044332W WO2018022970A1 WO 2018022970 A1 WO2018022970 A1 WO 2018022970A1 US 2017044332 W US2017044332 W US 2017044332W WO 2018022970 A1 WO2018022970 A1 WO 2018022970A1
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  • the query "Who directed Titanic” may include input entity, "The Titanic,” and unknown term “directed.”
  • the interactive media guidance application retrieves, from a knowledge graph, a plurality of possible responses for the query. For example, the interactive media guidance application may retrieve possible responses based on the entities having a graph connection with the input entity including "Leonardo DiCaprio,” “Kate Winslet,” and “James Cameron.”
  • FIG. 5 shows yet another illustrative example of a display screen generated by an interactive media guidance application in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure
  • the user equipment device may have a front facing screen and a rear facing screen, multiple front screens, or multiple angled screens.
  • the user equipment device may have a front facing camera and/or a rear facing camera. On these user equipment devices, users may be able to navigate among and locate the same content available through a television.
  • the interactive media guidance application may provide a display screen with media guidance data organized in one of several ways, such as by time and channel in a grid, by time, by channel, by source, by content type, by category (e.g., movies, sports, news, children, or other categories of programming), or other predefined, user-defined, or other organization criteria.
  • media guidance data organized in one of several ways, such as by time and channel in a grid, by time, by channel, by source, by content type, by category (e.g., movies, sports, news, children, or other categories of programming), or other predefined, user-defined, or other organization criteria.
  • Grid 502 may provide media guidance data for non-linear programming including on-demand listing 514, recorded content listing 516, and Internet content listing 518.
  • a display combining media guidance data for content from different types of content sources is sometimes referred to as a "mixed-media" display.
  • Various permutations of the types of media guidance data that may be displayed that are different than display 500 may be based on user selection or guidance application definition (e.g., a display of only recorded and broadcast listings, only on-demand and broadcast listings, etc.).
  • listings 514, 516, and 518 are shown as spanning the entire time block displayed in grid 502 to indicate that selection of these listings may provide access to a display dedicated to on-demand listings, recorded listings, or Internet listings, respectively.
  • Options region 526 may allow the user to access different types of content, interactive media guidance application displays, and/or interactive media guidance application features. Options region 526 may be part of display 500 (and other display screens described herein), or may be invoked by a user by selecting an on-screen option or pressing a dedicated or assignable button on a user input device. The selectable options within options region 526 may concern features related to program listings in grid 502 or may include options available from a main menu display. Features related to program listings may include searching for other air times or ways of receiving a program, recording a program, enabling series recording of a program, setting program and/or channel as a favorite, purchasing a program, or other features.
  • Control circuitry 704 may include video generating circuitry and tuning circuitry, such as one or more analog tuners, one or more MPEG-2 decoders or other digital decoding circuitry, high-definition tuners, or any other suitable tuning or video circuits or combinations of such circuits. Encoding circuitry (e.g., for converting over-the-air, analog, or digital signals to MPEG signals for storage) may also be provided. Control circuitry 704 may also include scaler circuitry for upconverting and downconverting content into the preferred output format of the user equipment 700. Circuitry 704 may also include digital-to-analog converter circuitry and analog-to-digital converter circuitry for converting between digital and analog signals.
  • the user may also set various settings to maintain consistent interactive media guidance application settings across in-home devices and remote devices. Settings include those described herein, as well as channel and program favorites, programming preferences that the guidance application utilizes to make
  • the cloud provides access to services, such as content storage, content sharing, or social networking services, among other examples, as well as access to any content described above, for user equipment devices.
  • Services can be provided in the cloud through cloud computing service providers, or through other providers of online services.
  • the cloud-based services can include a content storage service, a content sharing site, a social networking site, or other services via which user-sourced content is distributed for viewing by others on connected devices. These cloud-based services may allow a user equipment device to store content to the cloud and to receive content from the cloud rather than storing content locally and accessing locally-stored content.
  • a user may use various content capture devices, such as camcorders, digital cameras with video mode, audio recorders, mobile phones, and handheld computing devices, to record content.
  • the user can upload content to a content storage service on the cloud either directly, for example, from user computer equipment 804 or wireless user communications device 806 having content capture feature.
  • the user can first transfer the content to a user equipment device, such as user computer equipment 804.
  • the user equipment device storing the content uploads the content to the cloud using a data transmission service on communications network 814.
  • the user equipment device itself is a cloud resource, and other user equipment devices can access the content directly from the user equipment device on which the user stored the content.
  • control circuitry 704 generates for display an interactive media guidance screen including at least one of the first possible response and the second possible response.
  • control circuitry 704 may generate for display an interactive media guidance screen including the sets of possible responses.
  • control circuitry 704 may respond using natural language speech "Did you mean Shawshank Redemption.”
  • the input from the user indicating feedback comprises one of an indication that the first possible response is correct and an indication that the first possible response is incorrect. For example, in response to "Did you mean Shawshank Redemption," the input from the user may indicate feedback that Shawshank Redemption is an incorrect response.

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