Device for generating user profile and system comprising the device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12026207-B2
Application number	US-202217856151-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 1, 2022
Priority date	Nov 21, 2018
Publication date	Jul 2, 2024
Grant date	Jul 2, 2024

Abstract

An electronic device is provided, which includes a network interface, a memory, and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a query associated with a user profile from the external device, to determine whether the received query corresponds to at least one item included in the user profile, to transmit a response including the at least one item to an external device when the query corresponds to the at least one item, to generate a new item, which corresponds to the query and which is not included in the user profile when the query does not correspond to the at least one item, and to transmit a response determined based on the new item, to the external device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A first electronic device, comprising:
communication circuitry configured to communicate with a second electronic device;
at least one processor; and
memory for storing a plurality of indexes, a plurality of items, each of the plurality of indexes being matched with at least one item, and
instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the first electronic device to:
receive, via the communication circuitry, a query message from the second electronic device for providing a first service,
extract a keyword included in the query message,
when the keyword corresponds to a first index among of the plurality of indexes, transmit, via the communication circuitry, a first response message including at least one item matched with the first index to the second electronic device,
when the keyword does not correspond to the plurality of indexes, select a second index in which a correlation indicating a relationship between the keyword and the second index is not less than a threshold value, the second index is one of the plurality of indexes,
generate a second response message based on at least one item matched with the second index, and
transmit the second response message to the second electronic device.

2. The first electronic device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of items is included in a user profile.

3. The first electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the first electronic device to:
store log data associated with a user of the user profile in the memory.

4. The first electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the first electronic device to:
obtain the log data from a user device or the second electronic device through a communication connection.

5. The first electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the first electronic device to:
when a value defined between the keyword and the second index is not less than the threshold value based on numerical data indicating the relationship, determine that the second index is associated with the keyword.

6. The first electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the first electronic device to:
when the query message included the keyword which does not correspond to the plurality of indexes is received a predetermined number of times or more, store the additional index or the additional item corresponding to the keyword to the memory.

7. The first electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the first electronic device to:
when the keyword does not correspond to the plurality of indexes, transmit a message for determining whether to add the keyword, to the second electronic device; and
when a response message to the message is received from the second electronic device, add the additional index or the additional item corresponding to the keyword.

8. The first electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the first electronic device to:
when each of correlation indicating the relationship between the keyword and the plurality of indexes is less than the threshold value, add an additional index or an additional item corresponding to the keyword, to the memory.

9. The first electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the first electronic device to:
map the additional index or the additional item to the first service to store a mapped result in the memory.

10. The first electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the first electronic device to:
receive a second query message from a second electronic device for providing a second service; and
when the second query message does not correspond to the plurality of the indexes, add a second additional index or a second additional item corresponding to another keyword included in the second query message, to the memory, and
wherein the second additional index or the second additional item is mapped to the second service and is stored in the memory.

11. An operation method of a first electronic device including a memory for storing a plurality of indexes and a plurality of items, each of the plurality of indexes is matched with at least one item, the operation method comprising:
receiving, via communication circuitry of the first electronic device, a query message from a second electronic device for providing a first service;
extracting a keyword included in the query message;
when the keyword corresponds to a first index among of the plurality of indexes, transmitting, via the communication circuitry, a first response message including at least one item matched with the first index to the second electronic device;
when the keyword does not correspond to the plurality of indexes, selecting a second index in which a correlation indicating a relationship between the keyword and the second index is not less than a threshold value, the second index is one of the plurality of indexes;
generating a second response message based on at least one item matched with the second index; and
transmitting the second response message to the second electronic device.

12. The operation method of the first electronic device of claim 11 , wherein at least one of the plurality of items is included in a user profile.

13. The operation method of the first electronic device of claim 12 , further comprising one of:
storing log data associated with a user of the user profile in the memory, or
obtaining the log data from a user device or the second electronic device through the communication connection.

14. The operation method of the first electronic device of claim 11 , further comprising:
when a value defined between the keyword and the second index is not less than the threshold value based on numerical data indicating the relationship, determining that the second index is associated with the keyword.

15. The operation method of the first electronic device of claim 11 , further comprising:
when the query message included the keyword which does not correspond to the plurality of indexes is received a predetermined number of times or more, storing the additional index or the additional item corresponding to the keyword to the memory.

16. The operation method of the first electronic device of claim 11 , further comprising:
when the keyword does not correspond to the plurality of indexes, transmitting a message for determining whether to add the keyword, to the second electronic device; and
when a response message to the message is received from the second electronic device, adding the additional index or the additional item corresponding to the keyword.

17. The operation method of the first electronic device of claim 11 , further comprising:
when each of correlation indicating the relationship between the keyword and the plurality of indexes is less than the threshold value, adding an additional index or an additional item corresponding to the keyword, to the memory.

18. The operation method of the first electronic device of claim 17 , further comprising:
mapping the additional index or the additional item to the first service to store a mapped result in the me

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Sungdeuk
• Kang Sangwook
• Kim Younghoon
• Yeo Jaeyung

Classifications

• G06F16/9538

  Presentation of query results · CPC title

• G06F16/951 Primary

  Indexing; Web crawling techniques · CPC title

• G06F16/907

  Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually · CPC title

• G06F16/337

  Profile generation, learning or modification · CPC title

• G06F16/9535 Primary

  Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation · CPC title