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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8032827 | Automatic generation of document summaries through use of structured text A summarization system generates summaries from documents. Text structure tags, in conformance with the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI), are inserted into the documents to generate encoded documents. The text structure tags, when associated with portions of the docum... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8027832 | Efficient language identification A system and methods of language identification of natural language text are presented. The system includes stored expected character counts and variances for a list of characters found in a natural language. Expected character counts and variances are stored for mu... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8024178 | Automatic completion of fragments of text A system offers potential completions for fragments of text. The system may obtain a text fragment and identify documents that include the text fragment. The system may locate sentences within the documents that include at least a portion of the text fragment, ident... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8024331 | Construction of trainable semantic vectors and clustering, classification, and searching using trainable semantic vectors An apparatus and method are disclosed for producing a semantic representation of information in a semantic space. The information is first represented in a table that stores values which indicate a relationship with predetermined categories. The categories correspon... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8024177 | Method of transforming natural language expression into formal language representation This invention comprises a series of steps which transforms one or more natural language expressions into a single, well-formed formal language representation. Each natural language expression is partially parsed into simple fragments, each of which is then associat... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8024176 | System, method and apparatus for prediction using minimal affix patterns One embodiment generally pertains to a method of prediction. The method includes generating a set of affixes from a selected input sequence and comparing the set of affixes with a predictive set of affixes. The method also includes selecting an affix from the predic... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8019596 | Linguistic service platform Linguistic service platform techniques are described. In implementations, one or more computer-readable media comprise instructions that are executable by a computer to designate a linguistic service having a particular property responsive to an application program ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8019594 | Method and apparatus for progressively selecting features from a large feature space in statistical modeling Embodiments of a progressive feature selection method that selects features in multiple rounds are described. In one embodiment, the progressive feature selection method splits the feature space into tractable sub-spaces such that a feature selection algorithm can b... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8019595 | Computer processes for analyzing and improving document readability Disclosed are systems and methods for analyzing and improving document readability. For example, a method of reducing writing problems in existing prose is disclosed that can deal with problems related to the word “it” in text. Such a method can include the foll... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8019593 | Method and apparatus for generating features through logical and functional operations Embodiments of a feature generation system and process for use in machine learning applications utilizing statistical modeling systems are described. In one embodiment, the feature generation process generates large feature spaces by combining features using logical... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8010342 | Word usage analyzer A device or computer readable medium for accurately and automatically obtaining general-purpose information regarding the usage difference between a plurality of synonyms and quasi-synonyms, such as the types of words with which the synonyms and quasi-synonyms are o... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8010341 | Adding prototype information into probabilistic models Mechanisms are disclosed for incorporating prototype information into probabilistic models for automated information processing, mining, and knowledge discovery. Examples of these models include Hidden Markov Models (HMMs), Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) models, ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8010539 | Phrase based snippet generation Disclosed herein is a method, a system and a computer product for generating a snippet for an entity, wherein each snippet comprises a plurality of sentiments about the entity. One or more textual reviews associated with the entity is selected. A plurality of sentim... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005665 | Method and apparatus for generating a language independent document abstract A method of extracting significant phrases from one or more documents stored in a computer-readable medium. A sequence of words is read from the one or more documents and a score is determined for each word in the sequence based on the length of the word. The score ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8001144 | Detecting relationships in unstructured text Disclosed are embodiments of a system and a method for detecting relationships described in unstructured text-based electronic documents. The system and method incorporate the use of an input file that contains one or more text patterns that represent particular rel... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8001157 | Method, apparatus, and program product for developing and maintaining a comprehension state of a collection of information Aspects of the disclosed technology enable a knowledge worker to easily and efficiently develop and maintain a comprehension state of a document collection. One aspect of the technology includes a methods, apparatus, and program products that alter a relationship da... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8000955 | Generating Chinese language banners Embodiments are disclosed for automatically generating a banner given a first scroll sentence and a second scroll sentence of a Chinese couplet. The first and/or second scroll sentence can be generated by an automatic computer system or by a human (e.g., manually ge... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8000956 | Semantic compatibility checking for automatic correction and discovery of named entities A computer implemented system and method for processing text are disclosed. Partially processed text, in which named entities have been extracted by a standard named entity system, is processed to identify attributive relations between a named entity or proper noun ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8000957 | English-language translation of exact interpretations of keyword queries The present invention relates to a methodology to translate exact interpretations of keyword queries into meaningful and grammatically correct plain-language queries in order to convey the meaning of these interpretations to the initiator of the search. The method i... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7996210 | Large-scale sentiment analysis A method for determining a sentiment associated with an entity includes inputting a plurality of texts associated with the entity, labeling seed words in the plurality of texts as positive or negative, determining a score estimate for the plurality of words based on... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7996211 | Method and apparatus for fast semi-automatic semantic annotation A method, apparatus and computer instructions is provided for fast semi-automatic semantic annotation. Given a limited annotated corpus, the present invention assigns a tag and a label to each word of the next limited annotated corpus using a parser engine, a simila... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7991609 | Web-based proofing and usage guidance A system is disclosed for checking grammar and usage using a flexible portfolio of different mechanisms, and automatically providing a variety of different examples of standard usage, selected from analogous Web content. The system can be used for checking the gramm... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7991608 | Multilingual data querying In one aspect, a method for multilingual data querying, includes determining a word ontology of a base word in a source language, generating a set of words representing the word ontology of the base word, translating at least a subset of the set of words into a targ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7991775 | Global checkpoint SCN Described herein are techniques for generating a global checkpoint system change number and computing a snapshot query using the global checkpoint system change number without a need to acquire global locks. In many cases, the need to acquire global locks is elimina... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7987176 | Mixed initiative semantic search In one embodiment, a method is illustrated including receiving a search query, parsing the search query to identify first and second search terms, determining a relationship between the first and second search terms based on their respective domain assignments, cond... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7983901 | Computer-aided natural language annotation The present invention uses a natural language understanding system that is currently being trained to assist in annotating training data for training that natural language understanding system. Unannotated training data is provided to the system and the system propo... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7983900 | Method, computer program and apparatus for analysing symbols in a computer system A computer-implemented method of analyzing symbols in a computer system, and a computer program and apparatus therefor are provided. The symbols conform to a specification for the symbols. The specification is codified into a set of computer-readable rules. The symb... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7983899 | Apparatus for and method of analyzing chinese An apparatus for analyzing Chinese according to one aspect of the present invention includes a dependency structure analyzer analyzing a dependency relationship between words by extracting a parent word being a dependency destination of each of the words and a child... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7979267 | Specifying a subset of dynamic inter-related data A natural language tool is provided for specifying a subset of data. The data may be dynamic and have elements which are inter-related. The inter-related data is specified using a natural language expression. The natural language tool enables a user to construct a n... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7979268 | String matching method and system and computer-readable recording medium storing the string matching method A string matching method, system, and a computer-readable medium storing instructions for determining and obtaining a representative string for a plurality of strings that are written in various manners but share the same meaning. The string matching method includes... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974834 | Program reservation/playback judgment system, method, program and program recording medium A program reservation/playback judgment system for making an automatic judgment of reservation or playback of a program based on the program information in texts written in a natural language. A natural language program information processing section analyzes texts ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974835 | Method, system, and apparatus for natural language mixed-initiative dialogue processing In a natural language, mixed-initiative system, a method of processing user dialogue can include receiving a user input and determining whether the user input specifies an action to be performed or a token of an action. The user input can be selectively routed to an... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974833 | Weighted system of expressing language information using a compact notation A special notation that extends the notion of IDL by weighted operators. The Weighted IDL or WIDL can be intersected with a language model, for example an n-gram language model or a syntax-based language model. The intersection is carried out by converting the IDL t... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7970600 | Using a first natural language parser to train a second parser A computer-implemented method for developing a parser is provided. The method includes accessing a corpus of sentences and parsing the sentences to generate a structural description of each sentence. The parser is trained based on the structural description of each ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7970601 | Method of creating a requirement description for testing an embedded system The invention relates to a method of creating a requirement description for an embedded system, including but not only a motor vehicle electronic control unit, in which a vocabulary of natural-language, selectable text segments is stored in a data processing system,... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7966174 | Automatic clustering of tokens from a corpus for grammar acquisition A system for recognizing patterns is disclosed. Grammar learning from a corpus includes, for the other non-context words, generating frequency vectors for each non-context token in a corpus based upon counted occurrences of a predetermined relationship of the non-co... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7966172 | Natural language tool for specifying a subset of dynamic inter-related data A natural language tool is provided for specifying a subset of data. The data may be dynamic and have elements which are inter-related. The natural language tool enables a user to construct a natural language expression having embedded fields to specify the subset o... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7966173 | System and method for diacritization of text A system and method for restoration of diacritics includes making classification decisions regarding an utterance in accordance with an aggregate of a plurality of information sources in a diacritization model for diacritic restoration. A best diacritic representati... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7962327 | Pronunciation assessment method and system based on distinctive feature analysis A method and system for pronunciation assessment based on distinctive feature analysis is provided. It evaluates a user's pronunciation by one or more distinctive feature (DF) assessor. It may further construct a phone assessor with DF assessors to evaluate a user's... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7962328 | Method and apparatus for generating a compact data structure to identify the meaning of a symbol A computer-implemented method provides, to a user, representations of a plurality of discriminants of meanings of a plurality of symbols in a natural language. Each of the plurality of discriminants is associated with a corresponding finite set of mutually exclusive... | 06/14/2011 |
