Patent ID: 9668014
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: G06F,G10L,H04N

Claim:
1. A method for resolving a voice command for a media asset, where the voice command does not expressly name the media asset, the method comprising: receiving a voice command from a user, wherein the voice command comprises a media asset identifier corresponding to a media asset; accessing a database comprising a plurality of known media asset identifiers; comparing the media asset identifier with each known media asset identifier of the plurality of known media asset identifiers; determining, based on the comparing, whether the media asset identifier completely matches any known media asset identifier of the plurality of known media asset identifiers; based on determining that the media asset identifier does not completely match any known media asset identifier of the plurality of known media asset identifiers, calculating a degree of similarity between the media asset identifier and each known media asset identifier of the plurality of known media asset identifiers; determining that the degree of similarity for a respective known media asset identifier of the plurality of known media asset identifiers exceeds a threshold; based on determining that the degree of similarity for the respective known media asset identifier exceeds the threshold, selecting the respective known media asset identifier to be a suggested media asset identifier; and providing to the user an option to confirm that the suggested known media asset identifier corresponds to the media asset.