Rosie L Jones

US Patent:

20160267128, Sep 15, 2016

Filed:

Mar 13, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/657568

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Ali Ahmadi - Bellevue WA, US
Sarangarajan Parthasarathy - Sunnyvale CA, US
Nick Craswell - City Center WA, US
Umut Ozertem - San Carlos CA, US
Milad Shokouhi - Cambridge, GB
Karthik Raghunathan - Sunnyvale CA, US
Rosie Jones - Cambridge MA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Technology Licensing , LLC - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30
G10L 15/26

Abstract:

Methods and systems are provided for providing alternative query suggestions. For example, a spoken natural language expression may be received and converted to a textual query by a speech recognition component. The spoken natural language expression may include one or more words, terms, and/or phrases. A phonetically confusable segment of the textual query may be identified by a classifier component. The classifier component may determine at least one alternative query based on identifying at least the phonetically confusable segment of the textual query. The classifier may further determine whether to suggest the at least one alternative query based on whether the at least one alternative query is sensical and/or useful. When it is determined to suggest the at least one alternative query, the at least one alternative query may be provided to and displayed on a user interface display.