Generating and applying event data extraction templates

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10360537-B1
Application number	US-201715484933-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Apr 11, 2017
Priority date	Aug 27, 2014
Publication date	Jul 23, 2019
Grant date	Jul 23, 2019

Abstract

Techniques are described herein for generating and applying event data extraction templates. In various implementations, a data extraction template may be applied to structured communications to extract, from each structured communication, event data associated with a transient markup language path indicated in the data extraction template. The data extraction template may include an event-related semantic data type assigned to the transient markup language path and a strength of association between the transient structural path and the event-related semantic data type. Feedback may be obtained concerning event data extracted from one or more of the structured communications. Based on the feedback, the strength of association between the transient markup language path and the event-related semantic data type may be altered. The data extraction template may then be applied to a subsequent structured communication to extract new event data from the structured communication based on the altered strength of association.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
providing a data extraction template that indicates one or more transient markup language paths, including a given transient markup language path, wherein the data extraction template includes an event-related semantic data type assigned to the given transient markup language path and a strength of association between the given transient structural path and the event-related semantic data type;
applying the data extraction template to a plurality of structured communications to extract, from each of the plurality of structured communications, event data associated with the given transient markup language path indicated in the data extraction template;
obtaining feedback concerning the event data extracted from one or more of the structured communications based on the given transient markup language path indicated in the data extraction template;
altering, in the data extraction template, the strength of association between the given transient markup language path and the event-related semantic data type assigned to the transient markup language path based on the feedback; and
subsequent to the altering, applying the data extraction template to a subsequent structured communication to extract new event data from the subsequent structured communication based on the given transient markup language path, wherein the new event data is extracted based on the altered strength of association.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further providing, via an output device of a computing device operated by a recipient of one or more of the plurality of structured communications, output indicative of the extracted event data for consumption.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein the output indicative of the extracted event data comprises a calendar entry, and the feedback comprises acceptance or rejection by the recipient of the calendar entry.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a likelihood that the data extraction template is event-related based at least in part on the feedback.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the feedback comprises one or more signals provided by a mobile device carried by a recipient of one or more of the plurality of structured communications.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , wherein the one or more signals comprise global positioning system (“GPS”) coordinates and associated time stamps.

7. A system including memory and one or more processors operable to execute instructions stored in the memory, comprising instructions to:
providing a data extraction template that indicates one or more transient markup language paths, including a given transient markup language path, wherein the data extraction template includes an event-related semantic data type assigned to the given transient markup language path and a strength of association between the given transient structural path and the event-related semantic data type;
apply the data extraction template to a plurality of structured communications to extract, from each of the plurality of structured communications, event data associated with the given transient markup language path indicated in the data extraction template;
obtain feedback concerning the event data extracted from one or more of the structured communications based on the transient markup language path indicated in the data extraction template;
alter, in the data extraction template, the strength of association between the given transient markup language path and the event-related semantic data type assigned to the transient markup language path based on the feedback; and
subsequent to the altering, apply the data extraction template to a subsequent structured communication to extract new event data from the subsequent structured communication, wherein the new event data is extracted based on the altered strength of association.

8. The system of claim 7 , further comprising instructions to provide, via an output device of a computing device operated by a recipient of one or more of the plurality of structured communications, output indicative of the extracted event data for consumption.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the output indicative of the extracted event data comprises a calendar entry, and the feedback comprises acceptance or rejection by the recipient of the calendar entry.

10. The system of claim 7 , further comprising instructions to determine a likelihood that the data extraction template is event-related based at least in part on the feedback.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the feedback comprises one or more signals provided by a mobile device carried by a recipient of one or more of the plurality of structured communications.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the one or more signals comprise global positioning system (“GPS”) coordinates and associated time stamps.

13. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, in response to execution of the instructions by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the following operations:
providing a data extraction template that indicates one or more transient markup language paths, including a given transient markup language path, wherein the data extraction template includes an event-related semantic data type assigned to the given transient markup language path and a strength of association between the given transient structural path and the event-related semantic data type;
applying the data extraction template to a plurality of structured communications to extract, from each of the plurality of structured communications, event data associated with the given transient markup language path indicated in the data extraction template;
obtaining feedback concerning the event data extracted from one or more of the structured communications based on the transient markup language path indicated in the data extraction template;
altering, in the data extraction template, the strength of association between the given transient markup language path and the event-related semantic data type assigned to the transient markup language path based on the feedback; and
subsequent to the altering, applying the data extraction template to a subsequent structured communication to extract new event data from the subsequent structured communication based on the given transient markup language path, wherein the new event data is extracted based on the altered strength of association.

14. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , further comprising instructions to provide, via an output device of a computing device operated by a recipient of one or more of the plurality of structured communications, output indicative of the extracted event data for consumption.

Assignees

• Google Inc
• Google Llc

Inventors

• Bendersky Mike
• Heymans Maureen
• Lou Jinan
• Yang Jie
• Yang Mylinh
• Saikia Amitabh
• Cartright Marc-Allen
• Josifovski Vanja
• Tan Hui
• Pueyo Luis Garcia

Classifications

• H04W4/029

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title

• G06Q10/1095 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F16/248

  Presentation of query results · CPC title

• G06F16/9535

  Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation · CPC title

• G06Q10/1093 Primary

  Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups · CPC title