17986444. Context Adaptive Writing Assistant simplified abstract (Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC)

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Context Adaptive Writing Assistant

Organization Name

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Inventor(s)

James Cogley of Dublin (IE)

Aman Singh of Dublin (IE)

Enrico Cadoni of Dublin (IE)

Shashank Shekhar Gupta of Dublin (IE)

Context Adaptive Writing Assistant - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 17986444 titled 'Context Adaptive Writing Assistant

Simplified Explanation

The abstract describes a data processing system that receives textual content from a user for analysis by a writing assistant, categorizes the content based on formality level, provides suggestions for improvements, and sends these suggestions back to the user's device for display.

  • The system receives textual content from a user for analysis by a writing assistant.
  • Contextual information indicating the formality level of the content is obtained.
  • The content is categorized into different formality levels.
  • The system analyzes the content and identifies suggested improvements.
  • A subset of suggested improvements is selected based on the formality level of the content.
  • The selected suggestions are sent back to the user's device for display.

Potential Applications

This technology could be applied in:

  • Writing tools for professionals to improve their communication skills.
  • Educational platforms to help students enhance their writing abilities.

Problems Solved

This technology helps users:

  • Enhance the quality of their written content.
  • Learn to adapt their writing style based on formality requirements.

Benefits

The benefits of this technology include:

  • Improved writing skills.
  • Increased efficiency in editing and revising written content.

Potential Commercial Applications

Potential commercial applications of this technology include:

  • Integration into writing software for businesses.
  • Development of educational tools for language learning platforms.

Possible Prior Art

One possible prior art for this technology could be grammar and spell checkers that provide suggestions for improving written content.

Unanswered Questions

1. How does the system determine the formality level of the textual content? 2. What criteria are used to select the subset of suggested improvements for the user?


Original Abstract Submitted

A data processing system implements receiving textual content from a first application on a first client device associated with a first user for analysis by a context adaptive writing assistant configured to provide suggestions for improving the textual content, obtaining contextual information indicative of a level of formality of the textual content; and categorizing the textual content as being associated with a first level of formality selected from a plurality of levels of formality. The system is further implements analyzing the textual content to identify one or more suggested improvements to the textual content; selecting a subset of suggested improvements from the one or more suggested improvements to the textual content to the first user based on the first level of formality associated with the textual content; sending the subset of suggested improvements to the first client device; and causing the first client device to display the subset of suggested improvements.