Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Speaker based anaphora resolution
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Application No.: US15352237Application Date: 2016-11-15
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Publication No.: US10482885B1Publication Date: 2019-11-19
- Inventor: Michael Moniz
- Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WA Seattle
- Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Seattle
- Agency: Pierce Atwood LLP
- Main IPC: G10L21/00
- IPC: G10L21/00 ; G10L17/06 ; G10L25/87 ; G06F17/27

Abstract:
A speech-processing system configured to determine entities corresponding to ambiguous words such as anaphora (“he,” “she,” “they,” etc.) included in an utterance. The system may associate incoming utterances with a speaker identification (ID), device ID, and other data. The system then tracks entities referred to in utterances so that if a later utterance includes an ambiguous entity reference, the system may take the speaker ID, device ID, etc. from the ambiguous reference, along with the text of the utterance and other data, and compare that information to previously mentioned entities (or other entities that may be relevant) to identify the entity mentioned in the ambiguous statement. Once the entity is determined, the system may then complete command processing of the utterance using the identified entity.
Public/Granted literature
- US2121051A Cement retainer Public/Granted day:1938-06-21
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