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 wireless communication apparatus using location based contents and a method for operating a stand-alone location based service by using the same are provided to get rid of unnecessary information provided according to a user's location movement and to prevent an infringement of private life. CONSTITUTION: A wireless communication apparatus, in which a storage medium and a stand-alone positioning part(145) are installed, comprises a control part(100), a key input part(130), a screen display part(135), an RF processing part(120), a voice processing part(125), a memory(105), and a battery. The control part(100), controlling the overall operations of the wireless communication apparatus, transmits and receives signals with a mobile communication network. The screen display part(135) outputs location based contents information corresponding to the present location of the wireless communication apparatus on the screen. The voice processing part(125) provides location based contents information corresponding to the present location of the wireless communication apparatus through sounds. The RF processing part(120) receives location based contents through a wireless network.

Wireless communication apparatus using location based contents and a method for operating a stand-alone location based service by using the same, especially in relation to installing a storage medium to store location based contents containing location information and a stand-alone positioning part to extract location information for the present location independently

PURPOSE: An AR(Augmented Reality) apparatus is provided to improve a location base service performance by using an AR service. CONSTITUTION: A real object recognition unit(140) recognizes real objects among real data. A confirmation unit(160, 165) confirms state information for real acquisition means(115, 185, 190). A real object confirmation unit(170) confirms the real object among the real data. A non-recognition real object confirmation unit(175) confirms real object which is not able to be recognized. An AR(Augmented Reality) display unit(155) outputs virtual object data.

Method for Managing Virtual-Object Data about Non-Recognition Reality-Object, Augmented Reality Device and Recording Medium

PURPOSE: An augmented reality apparatus for recognizing an object through a virtual point is provided to accurately recognize an object within video data even though a part of an object is hidden. CONSTITUTION: An object area recognition unit(145) recognizes an object area. A color space determination unit(150) determines a color space combination value about the recognized object area. A virtual point combination unit(155) configures virtual point combination information. An object area determination unit(160) determines the corresponding object area. The corresponding object area includes a plurality of virtual points.

Augmented reality device to recognize the object using virtual point

PURPOSE: A method and a system for offering a real-time wireless settlement service using a digital camera are provided to process a wireless electronic settlement by making the digital camera of a wireless terminal recognize a pattern image including the encoded settlement information, and making a pattern analysis agent in the wireless terminal analyze/output the settlement information. CONSTITUTION: During a process for buying and paying for goods through the Internet, the pattern image including the settlement information is output to a settlement screen. The pattern image is recognized through the digital camera embedded into the wireless terminal(300). The pattern image analysis agent embedded into the wireless terminal analyzes/outputs the settlement information included in the pattern image to the screen of the wireless terminal(370). Referring to the settlement information, the settlement is processed through a credit card of an IC chip form equipped or connected to the wireless terminal.

System and Method for Providing Real Time Mobile Billing Service by Using Digital Camera

PURPOSE: A method and system for supplying a wire/wireless interlock game is provided to download a game character through a wireless terminal and play an on-line game by converting a setting with the game character by on-line game adapted to a wireless environment, and to supply a real time wire/wireless interlocking on-line game by connecting to an on-line game server through a wireless game server from a wireless terminal. CONSTITUTION: A wireless game server(105) relays an on-line game server(100) and a wireless terminal(125). The wireless terminal(125) downloads a wireless on-line game and progresses the wireless on-line game. The on-line game server(100) is a server system having an on-line game software, assigns a game account to a gamer, and enable the gamer to connect to the on-line game server(100) through the assigned game account, and progress an on-line game through the virtual space and various game settings being supplied by a corresponding game. The wireless game server(105) supplies contents capable of rearing a character by on-line game to the wireless terminal(125). The wireless terminal(125) connects to the wireless game server(105). The wireless terminal(125) includes a system environment such as a VM(Virtual Machine) capable of executing character rearing wireless game contents.

Hong Jong Cheol

Papers

Method for Managing Virtual-Object Data about Non-Recognition Reality-Object, Augmented Reality Device and Recording Medium

Augmented reality device to recognize the object using virtual point

System and Method for Providing Real Time Mobile Billing Service by Using Digital Camera

System and Method for Providing the Game of Synchronizing Wire and Wireless