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

System and method for processing exchange, recording medium

A system for confirming goods by using a unique identification code is provided to enable a client to confirm the unique identification code displayed on a wireless terminal device, so that the client determines the payment for the goods. A unique identification code server(100) creates an unique identification code by receiving goods information from a goods supply server(130). A wireless client terminal device(140) receives the unique identification code from the server. A unique identification code confirming terminal device(145) confirms the unique identification code which is supplied into the wireless terminal device.

System for confirming goods by using unique identification code

System and method for providing information, server for providing information, information storing medium and recording medium

A method for discounting a payment amount of a credit card automatically is provided to reduce economical burden for changing a present credit card payment system largely or constructing a new system, and reduce error caused from a present CAT(Card Authentication Terminal) by using a discount server applying discount based on discount details and forming a credit card approval message including discount details. Information for a credit card and a member shop providing discount, and discount condition is linked/stored to a storage medium(600). Credit card information and member shop information stored in a payment approval request message are checked and compared with the information stored in the storage medium(615). The discount condition information matched with the discount credit card information and the discount member shop information is checked when the credit card information and the member shop information are matched with the information stored in the storage medium. A payment amount included in the payment approval request message is changed into the payment amount applying the checked discount condition(650), and the modified payment approval request message is transmitted to a payment server(655).

Method for auto-discounting by using credit card

PURPOSE: A method for distributing an advertising revenue using a personal inherent number is provided to actively increase advertisement exposure rate by inducing an advertising technique of a lottery using a personal inherent number of a user CONSTITUTION: An advertisement provider for supplying an advertisement to a web site is collected(200) A contract is concluded with the advertisement provider about a payment of an advertisement rate(205) A dividend of revenue to be supplied for a connected client is decided(210) A serial number is decided according to corresponding personal inherent numbers for selecting the client(215) The serial number is publicized on the web site with an advertisement(220) Clients connect to the web site for checking the serial number(225) If a personal inherent number exists(235), the advertising revenue is supplied for a possessor(client) of the personal inherent number(240) If the corresponding money is supplied or accumulated for the client(260), new serial number is selected through the web site(265)

Hong Jong Cheol

Papers

System and method for processing exchange, recording medium

System for confirming goods by using unique identification code

System and method for providing information, server for providing information, information storing medium and recording medium

Method for auto-discounting by using credit card

Method for distributing advertising revenues by using personal serial numbers