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6772120 |
Computer method and apparatus for segmenting text streams
Computer method and apparatus for segmenting text streams is disclosed. Given is an input text stream formed of a series of words. A probability member provides working probabilities that a group...
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6766320 |
Search engine with natural language-based robust parsing for user query and relevance feedback learning
A search engine architecture is designed to handle a full range of user queries, from complex sentence-based queries to simple keyword searches. The search engine architecture includes a natural...
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6766328 |
System for the creation of database and structured information from verbal input
A system through which verbal information can be utilized to create structured data with tags or inserted codes such as an XML code or the like provides hand held capability for easy adoption via...
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6766287 |
System for genre-specific summarization of documents
A system for genre-specific summarization of documents is provided that overcomes the problem of summarizing heterogeneous document collections by taking the genre, or type, of document into...
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6760636 |
Method and apparatus for extracting short runs of ambiguity from finite state transducers
A method extracts all “short” ambiguity from an input FST (i.e., ambiguities of one arc in length). The method factors the input FST into a first factor and a second factor such that the second...
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6760724 |
Approximate query processing using wavelets
A method for querying electronic data. The query method comprises creating wavelet-coefficient synopses of the electronic data and then querying the synopses in the wavelet-coefficient domain to...
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6760695 |
Automated natural language processing
An automated natural language translation system takes source natural language text (preferably in Japanese) and translates them into a target natural language (preferably English). The system also...
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6754617 |
Method for automatically determining solid compound words
A method for automatic determination whether a word type is a solid compound word is disclosed. In the method a word type is looked up in an electronically stored list of known word types. The list...
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6748353 |
Authoring language translator
A system and method for providing computerized, knowledge-based medical diagnostic and treatment advice. The medical advice is provided to the general public over a telephone network. Two new...
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6745161 |
System and method for incorporating concept-based retrieval within boolean search engines
Disclosed is a method for linguistic pattern recognition of information. Initially, textual information is retrieved from a data source utilizing a network. The textual information is then...
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6741959 |
System and method to retrieving information with natural language queries
A search machine finds and ranks documents in a database based on a set of rules that match characteristics of the database with a natural language query. The system includes a lexicon component...
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6738763 |
Information retrieval system having consistent search results across different operating systems and data base management systems
An information retrieval system whereby identical search results can be derived irrespective of the kind of DBMS or OS. A keyword normalizing device normalizes a keyword transmitted from a client...
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6735593 |
Systems and methods for storing data
The system and methods described herein relate to novel database architectures useful for storing data in versatile formats that can be utilized by a wide range of software applications. The...
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6735560 |
Method of identifying members of classes in a natural language understanding system
A method of configuring classes in a natural language understanding (NLU) system. The method can include the steps of assigning a unique value to members of a class in the NLU system. The step of...
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6728701 |
Method and apparatus for database retrieval utilizing vector optimization
A technique for optimizing the number of terms in a profile used for information extraction. This optimization is performed by estimating the number of terms which will substantively affect the...
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6721697 |
Method and system for reducing lexical ambiguity
A method and system for reducing lexical ambiguity in an input stream are described. In one embodiment, the input stream is broken into tokens. The tokens are used to create a connection graph...
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6721734 |
Method and apparatus for information management using fuzzy typing
A technique for analyzing affect in which ambiguity in both emotion and natural language is explicitly represented and processed through fuzzy logic. In particular, textual information is processed...
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6714905 |
Parsing ambiguous grammar
A method of parsing ambiguous grammar includes pre-compiling the grammar into a binary format, parsing a query, outputting a graph by combining the parsed query and the binary format of the grammar...
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6711542 |
Method of identifying a language and of controlling a speech synthesis unit and a communication device
The invention relates to a method of identifying a language in which a text is composed in the form of a string of characters, and also to a method of controlling a speech reproduction unit and to...
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6711535 |
Method and apparatus for performing field data collection
A data collection and automatic database population system which combines global positioning system (GPS), speech recognition software, radio frequency (RF) communications, and geographic...
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6704698 |
Word counting natural language determination
A technique for identifying a language in which a computer document is written. Words from the document are compared to words in a plurality of word tables. Each of the word tables is associated...
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6704699 |
Language acquisition aide
A stand-alone, hand-held apparatus is provided, which combines elements of a scanning dictionary with an automatic-translation software, for in-context translation. Additionally, the apparatus may...
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6701294 |
User interface for translating natural language inquiries into database queries and data presentations
A natural language-based interface data presentation system interfaces, for example, information visualization system interfaces, is realized by employing so-called open-ended natural language...
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6697796 |
Voice clip search
A technique and apparatus to allow a digital search of the entries in a digital audio database such as the Flash memory of a telephone answering system, the hard drive of a voice messaging system,...
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6697793 |
System, method and apparatus for generating phrases from a database
A phrase generation is a method of generating sequences of terms, such as phrases, that may occur within a database of subsets containing sequences of terms, such as text. A database is provided...
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6694055 |
Proper name identification in chinese
A word segmentation method to identify proper names in input text includes locating a sequence of single-characters in the input text not forming part of a multiple-character word. The method...
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6684183 |
Generic natural language service creation environment
A system that allows a user to define a set of grammar rules containing variable types and terms associated with those types. The user enters sample phrases and identifies terms in the sample...
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6676523 |
Control method of video game, video game apparatus, and computer readable medium with video game program recorded
A video game with a main game process and a subsequent ending process including, if an interrupt request of a game character calling to a player character occurs, acquiring a progress of game at...
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6675159 |
Concept-based search and retrieval system
A concept-based indexing and search system indexes collections of documents with ontology-based predicate structures through automated and/or human-assisted methods. The system extracts the...
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6675169 |
Method and system for attaching information to words of a trie
A method and improved data structure for attaching information to words in a trie of nodes. Each node of a trie includes a single tag bit which is interpreted according to information specified in...
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6658377 |
Method and system for text analysis based on the tagging, processing, and/or reformatting of the input text
A method and system are provided for text analysis. A computer is used to analyze, parse, and manipulate natural language text according to a series of specific steps. Text is decomposed into...
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6654740 |
Probabilistic information retrieval based on differential latent semantic space
A computer-based information search and retrieval system and method for retrieving textual digital objects that makes full use of the projections of the documents onto both the reduced document...
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6647363 |
Method and system for automatically verbally responding to user inquiries about information
A system is presented for automatically responding to a user inquiry comprising a dialog manager and a presentation manager. The dialog manager executes a machine-controlled human/machine dialog to...
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6640207 |
Method and configuration for forming classes for a language model based on linguistic classes
A method and a configuration for forming classes for a language model based on linguistic classes is described. In order to determine a language model, classes are formed which are based on...
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6632251 |
Document producing support system
Document producing support system including: input means like a keyboard or a mouse; display means; a user profile database storing user profiles; a logon/logoff module connected to the user...
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6631351 |
Smart toys
Talking toys perform simulated conversations with one another. The toys each include a forest of decision graphs. The forest of decision graphs is the same for each toy. Each of the decision graphs...
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6631346 |
Method and apparatus for natural language parsing using multiple passes and tags
A computer-implemented speech parsing method and apparatus for processing an input phrase. The method and apparatus include providing a plurality of grammars that are indicative of predetermined...
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6631501 |
Method and system for automatic type and replace of characters in a sequence of characters
A method and system for checking the validity of a sequence of input characters according to the syntactical rules of a selected language is provided. If an input character may not be appended to...
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6629066 |
Method and system for building and running natural language understanding systems
A computerized method for building and running natural language understanding systems, wherein a natural language understanding system takes a sentence as input and returns some representation of...
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6626960 |
Method, system, and program for generating a table to determine boundaries between characters
Disclosed is a system, method, and program for generating a table for use by a computer in determining a location of a boundary, such as a word boundary, between two characters in text. A first...
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6622140 |
Method and apparatus for analyzing affect and emotion in text
Disclosed is a computer-assisted method for classifying a text document according to emotion and affect. A score is assigned to each affect term in the document. An affect score is computed for the...
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6620207 |
Method and apparatus for processing chinese teletext
Method and apparatus for processing a Chinese teletext. A first reference list contains Chinese characters which rarely form a phrase with an adjacent character. A second reference list contains...
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6622119 |
Adaptive command predictor and method for a natural language dialog system
A command prediction system for natural language understanding systems, in accordance with the present invention, includes a user interface for receiving commands from a user. A command predictor...
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6622123 |
Interactive translation system and method
The present invention provides a method and system that utilize a collection of predefined core sentences in a source language, that may be initially accessed through a thematic hierarchy or...
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6622122 |
Document retrieving apparatus and document retrieving method
In a document retrieving apparatus, an audio input section converts a sound into a character pattern. A language model storing section stores likelihood information. A word choosing section obtains...
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6616703 |
Character input apparatus with character string extraction portion, and corresponding storage medium
An operation such as changing the coordinates of a specified position is performed on a two-dimensional display screen 103 of a display unit 5 by using an input pen 102, a touch-panel, etc.,...
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6618697 |
Method for rule-based correction of spelling and grammar errors
A computer implemented method which does not require a stored dictionary for correcting spelling errors in a sequence of words comprises storing a plurality of spelling rules defined as regular...
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6615111 |
Methods for automatically focusing the attention of a virtual robot interacting with users
A virtual robot (or BOT) is disclosed that interfaces and automatically interacts with users desiring to be guided or informed about certain aspects or features of the entity with which they are...
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6615172 |
Intelligent query engine for processing voice based queries
An intelligent query system for processing voiced-based queries is disclosed. This distributed client-server system, typically implemented on an intranet or over the Internet accepts a user's...
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6615178 |
Speech translator, speech translating method, and recorded medium on which speech translation control program is recorded
The learning history memory 9 controls, based on the accumulated learning history, the word dictionary memory 6, semantic/syntactic analysis grammar memory 7, and a correction information...
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