System for handling abbreviation related text using profiles of the sender and the recipient

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9922015-B2
Application number	US-201414510176-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 9, 2014
Priority date	Oct 9, 2014
Publication date	Mar 20, 2018
Grant date	Mar 20, 2018

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, wherein the profile of the sender contains online content exposure information that is generated from a history of the sender's online activities, and the profile of the recipient contains online content exposure information that is generated from a history of the recipients online activities;
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, each of the one or more solutions using the profiles of the sender and recipient, wherein the scoring includes a first score which reflects the likelihood that the each of the one or more solutions is the abbreviation the sender intended based upon online content exposure information in the profile of the sender, and a second score which reflects the recipient's familiarity with and knowledge of the each of the one or more solutions based upon online content exposure information in the profile of the recipient;
identifying, by the computer system and based upon the scoring, a particular solution of the one or more solutions for use, wherein the identifying based upon the scoring by combining the first score and the second score to calculate an overall confidence value that reflects the accuracy of the particular solution;
modifying the text body of the message to include the particular solution, wherein the modifying the text body comprises expanding a first instance of the abbreviation and leaving other instances of the abbreviation collapsed, based on the profile of the recipient; and
transmitting the message and the confidence value, 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 overriding a modification to another abbreviation based on settings in the recipient's profile.

4. 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.

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

6. 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, wherein the profile of the sender contains online content exposure information that is generated from a history of the sender's online activities, and the profile of the recipient contains online content exposure information that is generated from a history of the recipients online activities;
identify, based on the profile of the sender, one or more solutions for the first text portion associated with the abbreviation;
score each of the one or more solutions using the profiles of the sender and recipient, wherein the scoring includes a first score which reflects the likelihood that the each of the one or more solutions is the abbreviation the sender intended based upon online content exposure information in the profile of the sender, and a second score which reflects the recipient's familiarity with and knowledge of the each of the one or more solutions based upon online content exposure information in the profile of the recipient;
identify, based on the scoring, a particular solution of the one or more solutions for use, wherein the identifying based on the scoring by combining the first score and the second score to calculate an overall confidence value that reflects the accuracy of the particular solution;
modify the text body of the message to include the particular solution, wherein modifying the text body comprises expanding a first instance of the abbreviation and leaving other instances of the abbreviation collapsed, based on the profile of the recipient; and
transmit the message and the confidence value, as modified, to the recipient.

7. The system in claim 6 , 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.

8. The system in claim 6 , wherein the processing engine is further configured to override a modification of another abbreviation based on settings in the recipient's profile.

9. The system in claim 6 , 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.

10. The system in claim 6 , wherein the processing engine is further configured to score each of the one or more solutions based upon an amount of time between the recipient's interaction with an abbreviation-related text and a profile access.

11. A computer program product for handling abbreviations, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instruction 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, wherein the profile of the sender contains online content exposure information that is generated from a history of the sender's online activities, and the profile of the recipient contains online content exposure information that is generated from a history of the recipients online activities;
identifying, 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, each of the one or more solutions using the profiles of the sender and recipient, wherein the scoring includes a first score which reflects the likelihood that the each of the one or more solutions is the abbreviation the sender intended based upon online content exposure information in the profile of the sender, and a second score which reflects the recipients familiarity with and knowledge of the each of the one or more solutions based upon online content exposure information in the profile of the recipient;
identifying, based upon the scoring, a particular solution of the one or more sol

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

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

Classifications

• H04L67/306

  User profiles · CPC title

• G06F40/274

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

• G06F40/12

  Use of codes for handling textual entities · CPC title

• G06F40/247

  Thesauruses; Synonyms · CPC title

• G06F40/166 Primary

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