System for handling abbreviation related text

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016103808-A1
Application number	US-201414510176-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 9, 2014
Priority date	Oct 9, 2014
Publication date	Apr 14, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Abbreviations can be handled by a computer system that receives a message that specifies a recipient and a sender. A first text portion is identified from the message as being associated with an abbreviation. A sender and receiver profile are used to identify a set of one or more solutions for the first text portion. The solutions are scored based upon the online content exposure information in the profile of the recipient. Based upon the scoring, a particular solution of the one or more solutions is identified for use. The text body of the message is modified to include the particular solution, and the modified message is transmitted to the recipient.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A computer implemented method for providing solutions relating to abbreviations, the method comprising:
receiving, by a computer system, a message that specifies a recipient and sender and that includes a text body; identifying, by the computer system and from within the text body, a first text portion associated with an abbreviation; retrieving, by the computer system, a profile of the sender and a profile of the recipient; identifying, by the computer system and based on the profile of the sender, one or more solutions for the first text portion associated with the abbreviation; scoring, by the computer system and based upon online content exposure information in the profile of the recipient, the one or more solutions for the text portion; identifying, by the computer system and based upon the scoring, a particular solution of the one or more solutions for use; modifying the text body of the message to include the particular solution; and transmitting the message, as modified, to the recipient.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining an inferred context of the message using information from the sender's profile; and determining a probable knowledge of the one or more solutions using information from the recipient's profile.

3 . The method in claim 1 , further comprising expanding a first instance of the abbreviation and leaving other instances of the abbreviation collapsed.

4 . The method in claim 1 , further comprising overriding a modification to another abbreviation based on settings in the recipient's profile.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
mining, relative to abbreviations, a database for internet use history for a particular user; determining exposure to a particular abbreviation for the particular user; and storing, in a profile for the particular user, the exposure to the particular abbreviation.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein scoring the one or more solutions includes assigning scores based upon an amount of time between a user's interaction with an abbreviation-related text portion and a profile access.

7 . A computer system comprising:
at least one processor circuit that includes:
a monitoring engine configured to:
receive a message that specifies a recipient and a sender and that includes a text body;
identify, from within a text body, a first text portion associated with an abbreviation; and

a processing engine configured to:
retrieve a profile of the sender and a profile of the recipient;
identify, based on the profile of the sender, one or more solutions for the first text portion associated with the abbreviation;
score, based upon online content exposure information in the profile of the recipient, the one or more solutions for the first text portion;
identify, based on the scoring, a particular solution of the one or more solutions for use;
modify the text body of the message to include the particular solution; and
transmit the message, as modified, to the recipient.

8 . The system in claim 7 , wherein the processing engine is further configured to:
determine an inferred context of the message using information from the sender's profile; and determine a probable knowledge of the one or more solutions using information from the recipient's profile.

9 . The system in claim 7 , wherein the processing engine is further configured to expand a first instance of the abbreviation and leave other instances of the abbreviation collapsed.

10 . The system in claim 7 , wherein the processing engine is further configured to override a modification of another abbreviation based on settings in the recipient's profile.

11 . The system in claim 7 , wherein the processing engine is further configured to:
mine, relative to abbreviations, a database for internet use history for a particular user; determine exposure to a particular abbreviation for the particular user; and store, in a profile for the particular user, the exposure to the particular abbreviation.

12 . The system in claim 7 , wherein the processing engine is further configured to score the one or more solutions based upon an amount of time between a user's interaction with an abbreviation-related text and a profile access.

13 . A computer program product for handling abbreviations, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions executable by a computer processing circuit to cause the circuit to perform a method comprising:
receiving a message that specifies a recipient and sender and that includes a text body; identifying, from within the text body, a first text portion associated with an abbreviation; retrieving a profile of the sender and a profile of the recipient; identifying, based on the profile of the sender, one or more solutions for the first text portion associated with the abbreviation; scoring, based upon online content exposure information in the profile of the recipient, the one or more solutions for the text portion; identifying, based upon the scoring, a particular solution of the one or more solutions for use; modifying the text body of the message to include the particular solution; and transmitting the message, as modified, to the recipient.

14 . The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the program instructions are further executable by the computer processing circuit to cause the circuit to:
determine an inferred context of the message using information from the sender's profile and, determine a probable knowledge of the one or more solutions using information from the recipient's profile.

15 . The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the program instructions are further executable by the computer processing circuit to cause the circuit to expand a first instance of the abbreviation and leave other instances of the abbreviation collapsed.

16 . The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the program instructions are further executable by the computer processing circuit to cause the circuit to override a modification to another abbreviation based on settings in the recipient's profile.

17 . The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the program instructions are further executable by the computer processing circuit to cause the circuit to:
mine, relative to abbreviations, a database for internet use history for the particular user; determine exposure to a particular abbreviation for the particular user; and update the particular profile based upon the determined exposure.

18 . The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein scoring the set of one or more solutions includes assigning scores based upon an amount of time between a user's interaction with an abbreviation-related text and a profile access.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Anders Kelley L
• Hewitt Trudy L
• Mccall Kimberly D

Classifications

• H04L67/306

  User profiles · CPC title

• G06F16/335

  Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles (filtering in web context G06F16/9535, G06F16/9536) · CPC title

• H04L51/063

  Content adaptation, e.g. replacement of unsuitable content · CPC title

• G06F40/166 Primary

  Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting · CPC title

• G06F40/274

  Converting codes to words; Guess-ahead of partial word inputs · CPC title