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US 10,891,430 · App. 15/887,927 · Granted Jan 12, 2021

Semi-automated methods for translating structured document content to chat-based interaction

Inventors: Scott Carter (Menlo Park, CA); Laurent Denoue (Vento, IT); Matthew L. Cooper (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
G06F40/174G06F3/04883G06F16/3329G06F40/103G06K9/00469
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Patent No.
US 10,891,430
App. No.
15/887,927
Granted
Jan 12, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of converting a document from a first structure to a second structure, includes extracting data of the document to associate a field and a label in the first structure to generate a field/label association, receiving operator input indicative of associating a field/label association with one or more other field/label associations to generate a grouping, and based on the operator input and a spatial arrangement of the first structure, providing the grouping in the second structure as a natural conversational unit.

Claims (31)

1. A method of converting a document from a first structure to a second structure, comprising:

extracting data of the document to associate fields and labels in the first structure to generate field/label associations of the document for the first structure;

generating a grouping comprising a field/label association by an automatic input that does not require an operator;

receiving a non-automated operator input selecting the field/label association and one or more other field/label associations or an open label;

updating the grouping, in a semi-automatic manner, based on the received non-automated operator input to associate the field/label association with the one or more other field/label associations or the open label; and

based on the operator input and a spatial arrangement of the first structure, providing the grouping in the second structure, the grouping is remapped as a natural conversational unit that replaces the field and the label,

wherein for the operator input provided at the first structure, and the natural conversation unit comprises a single query including the field/label association and the one or more other field/label associations or the open label,

wherein the operator input comprises at least one of a gesture and a line that remaps the field and label of the first structure into the natural conversational unit of the second structure, and

wherein the gesture is a mark associated with the received operator input, wherein the mark contacts the field/label association to be grouped with the one or more other field/label associations.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first structure is a document-based structure and the second structure is a chat-based structure.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein for the operator input provided at the first structure, the grouping comprises the field/label association and the one or more other field/label associations including a corresponding plurality of checkboxes, and the natural conversation unit comprises a single query including the field/label association and the one or more other field/label associations or an open label associated with the plurality of checkboxes.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein for the operator input at the second structure, the operator input comprises an edit of a format of the natural conversation unit and an edit of a sequence of the field/label association and the one or more other field/label associations.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein an ordering of the field/label association with the one or more other field/label associations in the second structure is arranged based on an ordering of the field/label association with the one or more other field/label associations in the first structure, or in response to the operator input.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein an end user input received via the second structure in response to the natural conversational unit is provided to the first structure based on the field/label association and the another field/label association, wherein the remapping is performed by string processing.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the operator input is a line.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the operator input is at least one of a continuous gesture and a continuous line that contacts each of the field/label association and the one or more other field/label associations of the plurality of field label associations or the open label, wherein contact with the input is indicative of selection by the operator.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving the non-automated operator input comprising selecting the field/label association and a plurality of other field/label associations.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium for converting a document from a first structure to a second structure, the instructions comprising:

extracting data of the document to associate fields and labels in the first structure to generate field/label associations of the document for the first structure;

generating a grouping comprising a field/label association by an automatic input that does not require an operator;

receiving a non-automated operator input selecting the field/label association and one or more other field/label associations or an open label;

updating the grouping, in a semi-automatic manner, based on the received non-automated operator input to associate the field/label association with the one or more other field/label associations or the open label; and

based on the operator input and a spatial arrangement of the first structure, providing the grouping in the second structure, the grouping is remapped as a natural conversational unit that replaces the field and the label,

wherein for the operator input provided at the first structure, and the natural conversation unit comprises a single query including the field/label association and the one or more other field/label associations or the open label,

wherein the operator input comprises at least one of a gesture and a line that remaps the field and label of the first structure into the natural conversational unit of the second structure, and

wherein the gesture is a mark associated with the received operator input, wherein the mark contacts the field/label association to be grouped with the one or more other field/label associations.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the first structure is a document-based structure and the second structure is a chat-based structure.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein for the operator input provided at the first structure, the grouping comprises the field/label association and the one or more other field/label associations including a corresponding plurality of checkboxes, and the natural conversation unit comprises a single query including the field/label association and the one or more other field/label associations or an open label associated with the plurality of checkboxes.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein for the operator input at the second structure, the operator input comprises at least one of an edit of a format of the natural conversation unit, and an edit of a sequence of the field/label association and the one or more other field/label associations.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein an ordering of the field/label association with the one or more other field/label associations in the second structure is arranged based on an ordering of the field/label association with the one or more other field/label associations in the first structure, or in response to the operator input.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein an end user input received via the second structure in response to the natural conversational unit is provided to the first structure based on the field/label association and the another field/label association, wherein the remapping is performed by string processing.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 12, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 058287/0056 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2018
From: CARTER, SCOTT; DENOUE, LAURENT; COOPER, MATTHEW L.
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 045131/0933 →
Continuity (1)
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