WO2012135210A3 - Location-based conversational understanding - Google Patents

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WO2012135210A3
WO2012135210A3 PCT/US2012/030730 US2012030730W WO2012135210A3 WO 2012135210 A3 WO2012135210 A3 WO 2012135210A3 US 2012030730 W US2012030730 W US 2012030730W WO 2012135210 A3 WO2012135210 A3 WO 2012135210A3
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Larry Paul Heck
Madhusudan Chinthakunta
David Mitby
Lisa Stifelman
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Abstract

Location-based conversational understanding may be provided. Upon receiving a query from a user, an environmental context associated with the query may be generated. The query may be interpreted according to the environmental context. The interpreted query may be executed and at least one result associated with the query may be provided to the user.
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