An intelligent automated assistant system engages with the user in an integrated, conversational manner using natural language dialog, and invokes external services when appropriate to obtain information or perform various actions. The system can be implemented using any of a number of different platforms, such as the web, email, smartphone, and the like, or any combination thereof. In one embodiment, the system is based on sets of interrelated domains and tasks, and employs additional functionally powered by external services with which the system can interact.

Intelligent Automated Assistant

A virtual assistant uses context information to supplement natural language or gestural input from a user. Context helps to clarify the user's intent and to reduce the number of candidate interpretations of the user's input, and reduces the need for the user to provide excessive clarification input. Context can include any available information that is usable by the assistant to supplement explicit user input to constrain an information-processing problem and/or to personalize results. Context can be used to constrain solutions during various phases of processing, including, for example, speech recognition, natural language processing, task flow processing, and dialog generation.

Using context information to facilitate processing of commands in a virtual assistant

A mobile terminal and a control method thereof, which can obtain an image, are provided. A mobile terminal (100) includes a camera unit (121), a pictogram extraction unit (182) and a controller (180). The camera unit (121) obtains image information corresponding to at least one of a still image and a moving image. The pictogram extraction unit (182) extracts at least one pictogram from the obtained image information. The controller (180) detects information related to the extracted pictogram, and displays the detected information to be overlapped with the obtained image information. In the mobile terminal, the controller (180) includes, as the detected information, at least one of previously recorded information and currently searched information related to the extracted pictogram.

Mobile terminal and control method thereof

In one aspect, a system includes a transaction handler to process transactions, a data warehouse to store transaction data recording the transactions processed at the transaction handler and to store mapping data between first user identifiers and first account identifiers, a profile generator to generate a profile of a user based on the transaction data, and a portal coupled to the transaction handler to receive a query identifying a second user identifier used by the first tracker to track online activities of a user. The system is to identify a second account identifier of the user from the second user identifier based on the mapping data between the first user identifiers and the first account identifiers to facilitate targeted advertising using the profile of the user and/or to provide information about certain transactions of the user related to a previously presented advertisement.

Systems and methods to match identifiers

A method and apparatus are provided for building an intelligent automated assistant. Embodiments of the present invention rely on the concept of “active ontologies” (e.g., execution environments constructed in an ontology-like manner) to build and run applications for use by intelligent automated assistants. In one specific embodiment, a method for building an automated assistant includes interfacing a service-oriented architecture that includes a plurality of remote services to an active ontology, where the active ontology includes at least one active processing element that models a domain. At least one of the remote services is then registered for use in the domain.

Method and apparatus for building an intelligent automated assistant

PURPOSE: A method for providing coupon using a mileage or a point is provided to offer coupons for the client when the client pays goods price using a wireless terminal interlinking with an IC chip storing client mileage data. CONSTITUTION: A payment terminal(105), a client, and a coupon issuing server(110) are connected on the communication network. The payment terminal(105) installs at a membership store, includes financial settlement function. The payment terminal(105) loads coupons according to the client's mileage data onto the wireless terminal(100). The wireless terminal(100) includes payment settlement function and mileage data. The payment terminal(105) checks coupon data capable of issuing, issues coupons, and sends the coupon to the wireless terminal(100).

Method for Providing Coupon by Using MileagePoints

PURPOSE: A method for distributing an advertising profit is provided to enable a client to obtain a profit through a web site connection and to enable an advertiser to obtain an advertising effect through a frequent connection of many clients for checking a serial number of bill by supplying a partial portion of an advertising revenue for a client who possesses a bill of a corresponding serial number. CONSTITUTION: A predetermined contract with respect to a payment of an advertisement charge is concluded between a web server and an advertisement provider(205). A profit distribution amount of money with respect to the advertisement to be supplied for a client through the contract is decided(210). Serial number data of general bill are selected for selecting a prize winning client(215) and the selected serial number data are publicized in the web server with the advertisement(220). The client connects to the web server(225) and matches the selected serial number with a serial number of bill possessed by oneself(230). An advertisement profit amount of money is distributed to a client having a corresponding serial number in accordance with the matching result(240).

Method for distributing advertising revenues by using serial numbers of paper money issued by central banks

PURPOSE: A mobile terminal payment method through OTP authentication, a system thereof and a recording media for the same in order to output OTP in the mobile terminal are provided to generate the OTP of N digits for mobile terminal payment. CONSTITUTION: An OTP generating device(260) generates OTP of N digit by confirming OTP generating information. An OTP transmitting device(250) transmits the OTP to a mobile terminal. An OTP authentication device(255) generates the OTP of N digit through the server side OTP generating information and terminal side OTP generating information. The OTP authentication device authenticates the validity of OTP of N digit.

System and method for mobile payment by using otp authentication by network for customer's media and recording medium

PURPOSE: A series products auction system and method using an Internet network are provided to improve the service and convenience of an Internet auction by enabling a buy to get the desire product information or product purchase information so as to display the products being not put to the auction. CONSTITUTION: The system comprises a client(100) connecting to a server using the Internet network(10), a list storage(11) storing the list information for series products closely relating each other, a list searching part(12) searching and managing the products fitting the list on the basis of the products stored in the list storage, a list display storage(13) storing the display image of list products, and a list display manager(14) managing the list display storage. Also, the system includes an auction products list storage(15) storing the list information of the auction product, an auction products list manager(16) providing the list information of auction product fitting to the information transmitted from the list searching part, an auction product display storage(17), and a display manager(18) providing the display information of the auction product extracted from the list searching part.

Auction System and method for series goods on internet

PURPOSE: A mobile voucher exclusive terminal and a voucher processing method using the same for supplying a voucher service without a card terminal are provided to use the mobile terminal of a voucher object as voucher media CONSTITUTION: An output unit(265) of a VM(Virtual Machine) outputs a voucher list through a screen or a speaker An authentication unit(275) of the VM requests the PIN input The authentication unit certifies PIN inputted through a key input unit A message generating unit(280) of the VM generates the voucher confirmation response message including the voucher object authentication information stored in a memory or an IC chip A transmission unit of the VM transmits the voucher confirmation response message to a server on communications network

Hong Jong Cheol

Papers

Method for Providing Coupon by Using MileagePoints

Method for distributing advertising revenues by using serial numbers of paper money issued by central banks

System and method for mobile payment by using otp authentication by network for customer's media and recording medium

Auction System and method for series goods on internet

Wireless terminal for mobile voucher and method for processing voucher for it