Patent ID: 11972467
Assignee: VUI. INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
receiving data characterizing a query for information associated with a first item of a plurality of items included in an item catalog;
determining an attribute of the first item, wherein the determining is performed using a predictive model trained using a plurality of question-answer pair data associated with a portion of the plurality of items included in the item catalog, the portion including a second item, wherein the plurality of question-answer pair data includes at least one first data element characterizing a query for information associated with the second item and at least one second data element characterizing a natural language answer to the query for information associated with the second item;
determining an attribute value of the attribute of the first item using a mapping of attributes and attribute values associated with the plurality of items in the item catalog; and
providing, as an answer to the query for information associated with the first item, a characterization of the attribute value of the attribute of the first item.