Patent ID: 11893061
Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for processing a natural language query, the method implemented by one or more processors and comprising:
receiving a first natural language utterance from a user indicative of the natural language query;
parsing the natural language query to convert the natural language query into a converted query comprising a plurality of categories and a plurality of variables, each variable in the plurality of variables corresponding to a respective category of the plurality of categories;
providing the plurality of categories and the plurality of variables of the converted query for presentation;
responsive to receiving a user request to edit the converted query, automatically providing a plurality of replacement variables for a first category of the plurality of categories for presentation, wherein the first category is provided for the presentation based on the first natural language utterance from the user;
determining a second natural language utterance indicative of a selection of a first replacement variable from the presentation of the plurality of replacement variables for the first category of the plurality of categories;
responsive to determining the second natural language utterance indicative of the selection of the first replacement variable, modifying the converted query to generate a modified converted query comprising the first replacement variable for the first category;
sequentially providing a plurality of items for presentation based on the modified converted query;
receiving, in response to a given item of the plurality of items being provided for presentation during the sequentially providing, a user request; and
responsive to the user request, and based on the user request being received in response to the given item being provided for presentation during the sequentially providing, performing an action that is based on the user request and that is based on the given item.