Inventors:
Xun Liu - Sunnyvale CA, US
Guangqiang Zhang - Beijing, CN
Yufan Zhu - Sunnyvale CA, US
Zhengzhu Feng - Sunnyvale CA, US
Assignee:
GOOGLE INC. - Mountain View CA
International Classification:
G06F 17/21
Abstract:
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for generating input suggestions, e.g., from textual input that is represented in different input forms. A method includes receiving a textual input entered in an input field by a user, the textual input including a first n-gram in a first form of representing a first language and at least one of: a second n-gram in a second form of representing the first language, and a third n-gram in a second language; generating one or more alternative representations, in an ambiguous form, of the textual input; sending the alternative representations to a suggestion service and receiving from the suggestion service one or more input suggestions; and comparing the one or more input suggestions to the textual input to identify a group of the one or more input suggestions as being selectable alternatives to the textual input for display in a user interface.