公开(公告)号：US20190236217A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-01

申请号：US15885430

申请日：2018-01-31

Applicant: salesforce.com, inc.

Inventor： Vlad EROSHIN ,  Dylan Thom ,  Ryoji Osawa ,  Dai Duong Doan

IPC: G06F17/30 ,  G06F17/27

CPC classification number: G06F16/90328 ,  G06F16/243 ,  G06F17/2705 ,  G06F17/2765

Abstract: Embodiments are described for enabling a user to query a database using natural language and receive results without requiring the user to manipulate or know details of the database contents. The user is guided in the creation of the natural language query by suggested predetermined queries from a template. Natural language is parsed using the template. The approach allows a user's query words to be completed automatically from the template as the user inputs the words. The approach further allows the next suggested parts of the query to be automatically typed from the template ahead of the user's cursor. Other features provide feedback to the user for invalid or irrelevant queries that cannot be parsed, including suggesting complete predetermined queries from the template. The approach helps the user focus the query on exactly what the user seeks to learn from the database without complex, process-intensive parsing.