Granted Patent B2

US 12,499,307 · App. 18/732,549 · Granted Dec 16, 2025

Inventors: Andrew J. Lavery (Austin, TX); Earl J. Wagner (Chicago, IL); Matthew Albright (Montclair, NJ)

Assignee: Google LLC

G06F40/18G06F16/953G06F40/40G06N5/02

Abstract

Claims (58)

1 . A method comprising:

receiving, by a processing device, a natural language query corresponding to a request to populate a document having a tabular structure;

identifying, by the processing device, a set of attribute categories pertaining to the document, the set of attribute categories comprising a first attribute category corresponding to one or more cells populated with one or more first attributes;

converting, by the processing device, the natural language query into a semantic index representation for accessing at least one external data source comprising a knowledge graph;

retrieving, by the processing device from the at least one external data source, a plurality of data items corresponding to the set of attribute categories; and

populating, by the processing device, each cell of a plurality of cells of the document with a respective data item of the plurality of data items.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one external data source further comprises a website.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein populating the document comprises generating an original version of the document to have a size determined in accordance with a size limit.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

retrieving, by the processing device, one or more additional data items from the at least one external data source; and

updating, by the processing device, the document based on the one or more additional data items.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein retrieving the one or more additional data items further comprises:

receiving an additional natural language query; and

retrieving the one or more additional data items in response to receiving the additional natural language query.

6 . The method of claim 4 , wherein retrieving the one or more additional data items further comprises:

identifying, from the at least one external data source, newly relevant data with respect to the document; and

retrieving the newly relevant data from the at least one external data source.

7 . A system comprising:

a memory device; and

a processing device coupled to the memory device, the processing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving a natural language query corresponding to a request to populate a document having a tabular structure;

identifying a set of attribute categories pertaining to the document, the set of attribute categories comprising a first attribute category corresponding to one or more cells populated with one or more first attributes;

converting the natural language query into a semantic index representation for accessing at least one external data source comprising a knowledge graph;

retrieving, from the at least one external data source, a plurality of data items corresponding to the set of attribute categories; and

populating each cell of a plurality of cells of the document with a respective data item of the plurality of data items.

8 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the at least one external data source further comprises a website.

9 . The system of claim 7 , wherein populating the document comprises generating an original version of the document to have a size determined in accordance with a size limit.

10 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the operations further comprise:

retrieving one or more additional data items from the at least one external data source; and

updating the document based on the one or more additional data items.

11 . The system of claim 10 , wherein retrieving the one or more additional data items further comprises:

receiving an additional natural language query; and

retrieving the one or more additional data items in response to receiving the additional natural language query.

12 . The system of claim 10 , wherein retrieving the one or more additional data items further comprises:

identifying, from the at least one external data source, newly relevant data with respect to the document; and

retrieving the newly relevant data from the at least one external data source.

13 . A system comprising:

a memory device; and

a processing device coupled to the memory device, the processing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving a plurality of natural language queries from a user;

determining that each natural language query of the plurality of natural language queries is associated with a similar topic;

sending a recommendation to the user to populate a document having a tabular structure based on the plurality of natural language queries; and

in response to receiving an indication from the user to populate the document, populating each cell of a plurality of cells of the document with a respective data item of a set of data items retrieved from at least one external data source comprising a knowledge graph and a semantic index, wherein the set of data items corresponds to a set of attribute categories pertaining to the document, and wherein the set of attribute categories comprises a first attribute category corresponding to one or more cells populated with one or more first attributes.

14 . The system of claim 13 , wherein populating the document comprises generating an original version of the document to have a size determined in accordance with a size limit.

15 . The system of claim 13 , wherein populating the document comprises converting the natural language query into a semantic index representation for accessing the at least one external data source using the semantic index.

16 . The system of claim 13 , wherein populating the document further comprises:

identifying the set of attribute categories pertaining to the document; and

retrieving, from the at least one external data source, the set of data items.

17 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the at least one external data source further comprises a website.

18 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise:

retrieving one or more additional data items from the at least one external data source; and

updating the document based on the one or more additional data items.

19 . The system of claim 18 , wherein retrieving the one or more additional data items further comprises:

receiving an additional natural language query; and

retrieving the one or more additional data items in response to receiving the additional natural language query.

20 . The system of claim 18 , wherein retrieving the one or more additional data items further comprises:

identifying, from the at least one external data source, newly relevant data with respect to the document; and

retrieving the newly relevant data from the at least one external data source.

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