Patent ID: 8700655
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: G01C,G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, for performing a multimodal search, comprising: receiving, by a multimodal search system having a processor, from a remote mobile device, a query information package comprising: determining which type of information, of the first group, the location component includes; if it is determined that the location component comprises one or both of (b) ambiguous location information and (c) no location information: training the decision tree model, comprising: instructing the training remote mobile device from which at least one of the plurality of training query information packages is received to provide a disambiguation interface configured to request an intended location of the training location component via a plurality of selectable options, the selectable options comprising a current location, a currently displayed location, a last spoken location, and a last touched location; receiving, by the multimodal search system, the intended location from the training remote mobile device from which at least one of the plurality of training query information packages is received as one of the current location, the currently displayed location, the last spoken location, and the last touched location; storing the intended locations in combination with the training map state information, the training touch tracing input information, the training prior query location information, the training map manipulation information, and the training geographic location information to create a decision tree instance for each of the intended locations; training, using the decision tree instances, the decision tree model; and performing, until a threshold value of decision tree instances is at least reached, operations to create the decision tree instances.