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(11) EP 3 161 666 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
03.05.2017 Bulletin 2017/18

(21) Application number: 15736732.7

(22) Date of filing: 24.06.2015
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G06F 17/27(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2015/037318
(87) International publication number:
WO 2015/200422 (30.12.2015 Gazette 2015/52)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME
Designated Validation States:
MA

(30) Priority: 25.06.2014 US 201414314248

(71) Applicant: Nuance Communications, Inc.
Burlington, MA 01803 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • GANDRABUR, Simona
    Burlington, MA 01803 (US)
  • LAVALLEE, Jean-francois
    Burlington, MA 01803 (US)
  • TREMBLAY, Real
    Burlington, MA 01803 (US)

(74) Representative: Boult Wade Tennant 
Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8BT
London WC1X 8BT (GB)

   


(54) SEMANTIC RE-RANKING OF NLU RESULTS IN CONVERSATIONAL DIALOGUE APPLICATIONS