Intent-aware keyboard

摘要

Systems, methods, and computer storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that provide contextual services are provided. Embodiments of the present invention allow an input mechanism to provide contextual services. Exemplary input mechanisms include a keyboard, a gesture interface, and a speech interface. These inputs may be used to provide user input into one or more applications running on a computer. The contextual services provided include composition assistance, grammatical assistance, communication-context assistance, and research assistance. In one embodiment, an input mechanism (“IME”) program provides the contextual service. The IME program may work with a remote contextual-service provider. The IME program communicates user input and contextual information to the contextual-service provider. The contextual-service provider analyzes the input and contextual information to determine whether one or more contextual services should be provided.

主权项

1. One or more computer storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, that when executed, cause a computing device to perform a method for providing a contextual service in association with an input mechanism, the method comprising:
receiving over a computer network, at a contextual-service provider, an input fragment from an input mechanism (“IME”) program running on a computing device, the input fragment comprising letters that do not presently constitute a full word; receiving, at the contextual-service provider, information from the IME program that describes a characteristic of an active application into which the IME program input the input fragment; determining, at the contextual-service provider, that the characteristic and the input fragment satisfy a contextual service's trigger criteria that causes a contextual service to be generated; generating content used to provide the contextual service; and communicating the content to the IME program.