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7610191 Method 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...
7603268 System and method for determining and controlling the impact of text  
A computer program that indicates lexical impact of various words and phrases in a text, measures the overall lexical impact of the text, and suggests alternatives for various words and phrases of...
7603267 Rules-based grammar for slots and statistical model for preterminals in natural language understanding system  
A NLU system includes a rules-based grammar for slots in a schema and a statistical model for preterminals. A training system is also provided.
7599921 System and method for improved name matching using regularized name forms  
A system and method for improved name matching using regularized name forms is presented. A regularization rule engine uses culture-specific regularization rules to iteratively convert candidate...
7596553 String matching using data bit masks  
A method of searching a text for a pattern. The method includes receiving at least one portion of the text, providing a pattern to be searched for in the text and generating, in accordance with the...
7593843 Statistical language model for logical form using transfer mappings  
A method of decoding an input semantic structure to generate an output semantic structure. A set of transfer mappings are provided. A score is calculated for at least one transfer mapping in the...
7587306 Method and device for a source language to be understood by a listener mastering a target language  
The invention concerns a method for source language comprehension designed for a listener mastering a target language, which consists in causing the listener to listen to a statement, consisting of...
7584090 Text creating and editing system and method with dynamic data loading  
The present invention is directed to a system and method for creating and editing documents or messages by dynamically loading the required data on the computing device as the documents or messages...
7584089 Method of encoding and decoding for multi-language applications  
An architecture for universal data communication between a network client and a web server. A web server receives a character string from the network client for storing. The web server encodes and...
7577562 Extracting treelet translation pairs  
In one embodiment of the present invention, a decoder receives a dependency tree as a source language input and accesses a set of statistical models that produce outputs combined in a log linear...
7574347 Method and apparatus for robust efficient parsing  
The present invention provides a method for improving the efficiency of parsing text. Aspects of the invention include representing parse tokens as integers where a portion of the integer indicates...
7562006 Dialog supporting device  
A dialog supporting device supporting improved dialog by reducing the number of utterances resulting from misunderstandings and hasty conclusions. The dialog supporting device includes: an example...
7558726 Multi-language support for data mining models  
An analytical application provider may provide certain middleware functionality that includes updating model output to include textual descriptions of the data mining model and the data fields in a...
7555428 System and method for identifying compounds through iterative analysis  
A system and method for identifying compounds through iterative analysis of measure of association is disclosed. A limit on a number of tokens per compound is specified. Compounds within a text...
7555427 Providing a topic list  
A computer executable method includes receiving word senses represented as semantic positions in a semantic space. The word senses are grouped into clusters based on semantic positions of the word...
7548859 Method and system for assisting users in interacting with multi-modal dialog systems  
A method and system for assisting a user in interacting with a multi-modal dialog system ( 104 ) is provided. The method includes interpreting a “What Can I Do? (WCID)” question from a user in...
7548849 Method for generating text that meets specified characteristics in a handheld electronic device and a handheld electronic device incorporating the same  
Incoming e-mails, instant messages, SMS, and MMS, are scanned for new language objects such as words, abbreviations, text shortcuts and, in appropriate languages, ideograms, that are placed in a...
7548845 Apparatus, method, and program product for translation and method of providing translation support service  
An apparatus selects from among a plurality of translation records a translation record for use in translation of a newly received text. Each of the translation records stores with respect to past...
7542895 Front of screen, user interface, and national language support by downloading bitmaps from a PC to a companion device  
A computing system includes a companion computing device having a display and a controller for transmitting a request to a host computing device; a host computing device for providing a user...
7536295 Machine translation using non-contiguous fragments of text  
A machine translation method for translating source text from a first language to target text in a second language includes receiving the source text in the first language and accessing a library...
7536293 Methods and systems for language translation  
A translation service is disclosed, the service being provided to a wireless mobile device through a selective downloading of information from a server. The downloaded information includes a...
7533013 Machine translation techniques  
Machine translation decoding is accomplished by receiving as input a text segment in a source language to be translated into a target language, generating an initial translation as a current target...
7529656 Translating method, translated sentence outputting method, recording medium, program, and computer device  
A translation method for properly recognizing and automatically translating a sentence containing an emphasized word including two or more successive identical characters. First, words in a source...
7523104 Apparatus and method for searching structured documents  
A synonym search section searches a synonym dictionary for synonym group identifiers indicating synonym groups to which tags included in first structure-designating information from a terminal...
7523102 Content search in complex language, such as Japanese  
A search facility provides searching capabilities in languages such as Japanese. The facility may use a vocabulary knowledge base organized by concepts. For example, each concept may be associated...
7519529 System and methods for inferring informational goals and preferred level of detail of results in response to questions posed to an automated information-retrieval or question-answering service  
A system and method for inferring informational goals and preferred level of details in answers in response to questions posed to computer-based information retrieval or question-answering systems...
7516073 Electronic-book read-aloud device and electronic-book read-aloud method  
A control unit of an electronic-book read-aloud device reads book data and electronic-book data from an electronic bookmark and stores the read data in a storage unit. Further, the control unit...
7509252 Full-text index module consistency checking  
Consistency between the components used to generate and query a full-text index is determined and if a mismatch is detected, an error may be surfaced. A structure including information associated...
7506256 Device and method for previewing themes and categories of sequenced symbols  
A computer device, such as a mobile phone or PDA for example, is able to output a message based upon selection of a corresponding sequence of symbol. Such symbols can be polysemous in nature and...
7502781 Flexible keyword searching  
A search engine implements a multi-level search scheme. A first level involves performing a keyword search based on character matching. A second level, performed only if the first level yields no...
7502732 Compressing messages on a per semantic component basis while maintaining a degree of human readability  
A text message is first parsed into its constituent semantic components such as header fields and body components. Then, different compression methods may be performed on each semantic component...
7496621 Method, program, and apparatus for natural language generation  
One embodiment of the present method, program, and apparatus for natural language generation enables a language generation system to generate a grammatically correct natural language sentence by...
7496502 Information providing system and method therefor  
Upon attempting to display information consisting of large amounts of data on a display portion of a portable terminal, there existed a problem that long durations of time were required for...
7493313 Durable storage of .NET data types and instances  
A generic mechanism to persist data objects into databases without a fundamental dependence on the underlying data store is provided. Rather than relying on the expertise of a programmer to know...
7493259 Method for accessing data via voice  
A method for providing access to data via a voice interface. In one embodiment, the system includes a voice recognition unit and a speech processing server that work together to enable users to...
7493250 System and method for distributing multilingual documents  
A method and apparatus is disclosed for generating and distributing multilingual documents. The multilingual documents are comprised of primary information consisting of human-readable text and...
7490033 System for compiling word usage frequencies  
A system for assisting a user who is learning a language to prioritize words to be learned in order of usage frequency is disclosed. A frequency determination program running on a computer...
7478035 Verbal classification system for the efficient sending and receiving of information  
A verbal classification system and method for the efficient sending and receiving of desired information is described. Web-site proprietors ( 314 ) and Internet marketers provide a host server (...
7475010 Adaptive and scalable method for resolving natural language ambiguities  
A method for resolving ambiguities in natural language by organizing the task into multiple iterations of analysis done in successive levels of depth. The processing is adaptive to the users' need...
7475009 Text input support system and method  
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, featuring techniques for text input support that, among other capabilities, can automatically convert a string of characters lacking...
7475007 Expression extraction device, expression extraction method, and recording medium  
Provided is an expression extraction device for extracting evaluation expressions from text having descriptions on evaluations of a specific evaluation target, which includes a registered...
7467081 Language-understanding training database action pair augmentation using bidirectional translation  
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method and system for augmenting a training database of an automated language-understanding system. In one embodiment, a training example in a first...
7464021 Computer system for translating medical test results into plain language  
A method for translating medical test results into plain language is provided. The method includes receiving a medical test result for a type of medical test and, after making a threshold...
7453462 Apparatus and methods of selecting special characters in a mobile communication terminal  
Apparatus and methods of selecting special characters in a mobile communication terminal are provided. The method includes storing a set of European alphabet letters in a memory, inputting an...
7451076 Information display control apparatus, server, and program which display example sentences with respect to input or selected words and addition words  
An information display control apparatus includes: an example sentence storing unit for storing example sentences each including words; a word inputting unit for inputting a word; a list display...
7451075 Compressed speech lexicon and method and apparatus for creating and accessing the speech lexicon  
A compressed lexicon is built by receiving a word list, which includes word-dependent data associated with each word in the word list. A word is selected from the word list. A hash value is...
7437284 Methods and systems for language boundary detection  
Disclosed are methods and systems for detecting boundaries between areas of different languages in a body of text.
7430505 Inferring informational goals and preferred level of detail of answers based at least on device used for searching  
A system and method for inferring informational goals and preferred level of details in answers in response to questions posed to computer-based information retrieval or question-answering systems...
7428487 Semi-automatic construction method for knowledge base of encyclopedia question answering system  
In a semi-automatic construction method for knowledge base of an encyclopedia question answering system, concept-oriented systematic templates are designed and important fact information related to...
7415106 Network-based voice activated auto-attendant service with B2B connectors  
In a particular embodiment, a method of processing enterprise information system data for use by a voice activated auto-attendant service network is disclosed. The method includes provisioning a...
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