IP Library Granted Patent US 10,546,069
Granted Patent B2
US 10,546,069 · App. 15/909,793 · Granted Jan 28, 2020

Natural language processing system

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Patent No.
US 10,546,069
App. No.
15/909,793
Granted
Jan 28, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A natural language processing system identifies command elements in a text natural language command and, for each command element, accesses a playlist access matrix and identifies any playlist pointer pairs associated therein with that command element. The natural language processing system then identifies whether a first playlist pointer element in any of those playlist pointer pairs indicates a current playlist pointer best match and, if so, updates a playlist entry identifier with a second playlist pointer element in the playlist pointer pair that includes that first playlist pointer element. When the natural language processing system determines that all of the command elements have been considered, it uses the playlist entry identifier to identify a computing language command in a command playlist, and executes the computing language command on a target element in the text natural language command based on an action element in the text natural language command.

Claims (71)

1. A natural language processing system, comprising:

a chassis;

a storage system included in the chassis and storing at least one natural language processing database including a command playlist and a playlist access matrix; and

a natural language processing engine that is included in the chassis, that is coupled to the storage system, and that is configured to:

identify at least one command element in a text natural language command that is also included in the playlist access matrix and, for each command element that is identified and in the order it appears in the text natural language command:

access the playlist access matrix based on that command element;

determine whether at least one playlist pointer pair is associated with that command element in the playlist access matrix;

identify, in response to determining that the at least one playlist pointer pair is associated with that command element in the playlist access matrix, whether a first playlist pointer element in any of those at least one playlist pointer pairs indicates a current playlist pointer best match; and

update, in response to determining that the first playlist pointer element is a current playlist pointer best match, a playlist entry identifier with a second playlist pointer element in the playlist pointer pair that includes the first playlist pointer element;

determine that all of the command elements have been considered in the text natural language command;

use the playlist entry identifier to identify a computing language command in the command playlist; and

execute the computing language command on a target element that is included in the text natural language command based on an action element that is included in the text natural language command.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the natural language processing engine is configured to:

identify the action element in the text natural language command.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the natural language processing engine is configured to:

retrieve the playlist access matrix based on the action element identified in the text natural language command.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the natural language processing engine is configured to:

identify the target element in the text natural language command.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the natural language processing engine is configured to:

identify a variable element in the text natural language command, wherein the computing language command is executed on the target element based on the action element and the variable element.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the natural language processing engine is configured to:

record audio that includes a spoken natural language command; and

convert the spoken natural language command to the text natural language command.

7. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

an input device, wherein the natural language processing engine is configured to:

receive the text natural language command from the input device.

8. An Information Handling System (IHS), comprising:

a processing system; and

a memory system that is coupled to the processing system and that includes instructions that, when executed by the processing system cause the processing system to provide a natural language processing engine that is configured to:

identify at least one command element in a text natural language command that is also included in a playlist access matrix and, for each command element that is identified and in the order it appears in the text natural language command:

access the playlist access matrix based on that command element;

determine whether at least one playlist pointer pair is associated with that command element in the playlist access matrix;

identify, in response to determining that the at least one playlist pointer pair is associated with that command element in the playlist access matrix, whether a first playlist pointer element in any of those at least one playlist pointer pairs indicates a current playlist pointer best match; and

update, in response to determining that the first playlist pointer element is a current playlist pointer best match, a playlist entry identifier with a second playlist pointer element in the playlist pointer pair that includes the first playlist pointer element;

determine that all of the command elements have been considered in the text natural language command;

use the playlist entry identifier to identify a computing language command in a command playlist; and

execute the computing language command on a target element that is included in the text natural language command based on an action element that is included in the text natural language command.

9. The IHS of claim 8 , wherein the natural language processing engine is configured to:

identify the action element and the target element in the text natural language command.

10. The IHS of claim 9 , wherein the natural language processing engine is configured to:

retrieve the playlist access matrix based on the action element identified in the text natural language command.

11. The IHS of claim 8 , wherein the natural language processing engine is configured to:

identify a variable element in the text natural language command, wherein the computing language command is executed on the target element based on the action element and the variable element.

12. The IHS of claim 8 , wherein the natural language processing engine is configured to:

receive, through a network, recorded audio that includes a spoken natural language command; and

convert the spoken natural language command to the text natural language command.

13. The IHS of claim 8 , wherein the natural language processing engine is configured to:

receive, through a network, the text natural language command.

14. A method for natural language processing, comprising:

identifying, by a natural language processing system, at least one command element in a text natural language command that is also included in a playlist access matrix and, for each command element that is identified and in the order it appears in the text natural language command:

accessing, by the natural language processing system, the playlist access matrix based on that command element;

determining, by the natural language processing system, whether at least one playlist pointer pair is associated with that command element in the playlist access matrix;

identifying, by the natural language processing system in response to determining that the at least one playlist pointer pair is associated with that command element in the playlist access matrix, whether a first playlist pointer element in any of those at least one playlist pointer pairs indicates a current playlist pointer best match; and

updating, by the natural language processing system in response to determining that the first playlist pointer element is a current playlist pointer best match, a playlist entry identifier with a second playlist pointer element in the playlist pointer pair that includes the first playlist pointer element;

determining, by the natural language processing system, that all of the command elements have been considered in the text natural language command;

using, by the natural language processing system, the playlist entry identifier to identify a computing language command in a command playlist; and

executing, by the natural language processing system, the computing language command on a target element that is included in the text natural language command based on an action element that is included in the text natural language command.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

identifying, by the natural language processing system, the action element and the target element in the text natural language command.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

retrieving, by the natural language processing system, the playlist access matrix based on the action element identified in the text natural language command.

17. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

identifying, by the natural language processing system, a variable element in the text natural language command, wherein the computing language command is executed on the target element based on the action element and the variable element.

18. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

receiving, by the natural language processing system through a network, recorded audio that includes a spoken natural language command; and

converting, by the natural language processing system, the spoken natural language command to the text natural language command.

19. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

recording, by the natural language processing system, audio that includes a spoken natural language command; and

converting, by the natural language processing system, the spoken natural language command to the text natural language command.

20. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

receiving, by the natural language processing system through a network, the text natural language command.

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