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 and a system for logging in to a web site and storing a game item by using an IC card are provided to offer a function for approving the login of a client and storing the game item after confirming the client by receiving and decoding the encrypted data with a serial number of the IC chip embedded in a smart card CONSTITUTION: An encryption calculation module(110) recognizes the client(145) trying the login by using the smart card, requests the encrypted data for certifying the login to a client system, confirms the login certification of the client by receiving and decoding the encrypted login data, and permits the login to the client A certification module(115) confirms the login certification of the client, and stores the game item in the smart card by transmitting the login confirmation information to an item management system(125) A personal information database(120) stores the personal information of the client and the serial number of the IC chip An up/downloading module(130) downloads and stores the item to a data region of the smart card, and uploads the item stored in the smart card

System and Method for Logging-in Website and Storing Game Item by Using IC Card

PURPOSE: A method and system for automatically confirming the types and models of Bluetooth-mounting equipment is provided to give compatibility for different kinds of equipment in providing various supplemental services using a Bluetooth. CONSTITUTION: A client SDP(Service Discovery Protocol)(11) in a Bluetooth stack(10) stores system information, such as a client system's processor type, OS type and communication protocol type, etc., in an SA(Salutation Architecture), and manages the SA through an SLM(SaLutation Manager)(12). The SLM(12) carries out necessary work through an SLM-API(Application Program Interface). The SA, managed by the SLM(12), is inputted to a lower layer of the Bluetooth stack(10) through a TM(Transport Manager). And the SA is transmitted to a Bluetooth server(50) through the L2CAP(Logical Link Control Adaptation Protocol) and Baseband(40) of the Bluetooth stack(10).

Method and System for Automatical Identification of Bluetooth-Embedded Devices

PURPOSE: A method and system for exchanging electronic money and electronic securities is provided to enable a client to use all payment processing units on the Internet using a single electronic money or electronic securities by integrally managing electronic money being issued and distributed from each electronic money issuing person and electronic securities being used in a web site and an Internet shopping mall. CONSTITUTION: An electronic money exchanging unit(810) receives a kind of an electronic money or electronic securities possessed by the client and a kind and an exchanging amount of money of an electronic money or electronic securities to be exchanged to the client, and estimates an amount of money to be extracted and processed in the electronic money or electronic securities possessed by the client and a depositing amount of money of electronic money or electronic securities to be exchanged and supplied to the client. An electronic money buying unit(805) buys electronic money or electronic securities to be exchanged from the client in accordance with the estimated payment processing amount of money, and transfers an ownership of the electronic money possessed by the client to the electronic money exchanging unit(810). An electronic money reissuing unit(815) issues electronic money or electronic securities to the client according to depositing amount of money estimated through the electronic money exchanging unit(810) and kinds of electronic money or electronic securities wanted form by the client, and supplies the electronic money or electronic securities for the client. Different kinds of electronic money or electronic securities are exchanged through the above units.

System and Method for exchange of electronic currency and electronic securities

PURPOSE: A method and a system for offering a coupon using a mileage are provided to manage and process the mileage, and to exchange the mileage with other coupon according to a client's request through a web server connected with a coupon provider. CONSTITUTION: A web server(100) manages and processes the mileage of the client(165), and exchanges the mileage into the coupon according to the request from the client(165). A coupon provider(155) provides the coupon information to the web server(100). The client(165) requests the coupon exchange of the mileage and obtains the coupon by connecting to the web server(100) through the wire/wireless network. The web server(100) comprises a mileage processing module(105), a coupon processing module(115), an exchange module(125), a registration module(135), a member database(140), an exchange information database(130), a member shop database(145), and a coupon provider database(150).

System and Method for Providing Coupons by Using Mileages

PURPOSE: A wireless payment method is provided to enable a user to use contents or buy goods and to pay for it over the internet by using a terminal and a wireless communication device embedding a bluetooth module. CONSTITUTION: The method comprises several steps. A client accesses an internet shopping mall via a terminal having a bluetooth device(400), and the internet shopping mall checks whether the client determines to purchase contents or goods(405). The client transmits authentication data necessary for a payment at the terminal(415), and the terminal transmits the authentication data to a wireless communication device via a bluetooth module(420). The authentication data is transmitted to a mobile communication provider(425), being checked by the mobile communication provider, and its checking result being transmitted to the internet shopping mall(430). The internet shopping mall offers the selected contents or goods to the client if the authentication is normally approved(435).

Hong Jong Cheol

Papers

System and Method for Logging-in Website and Storing Game Item by Using IC Card

Method and System for Automatical Identification of Bluetooth-Embedded Devices

System and Method for exchange of electronic currency and electronic securities

System and Method for Providing Coupons by Using Mileages

Method for the wireless billing using Bluetooth