Providing answers to questions including assembling answers from multiple document segments

US9600601B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9600601-B2
Application numberUS-201113244350-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateSep 24, 2011
Priority dateSep 24, 2010
Publication dateMar 21, 2017
Grant dateMar 21, 2017

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A method, system and computer program product for generating answers to questions. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving an input query, identifying a plurality of candidate answers to the query; and for at least one of these candidate answers, identifying at least one proof of the answer. This proof includes a series of premises, and a multitude of documents are identified that include references to the premises. A set of these documents is selected that include references to all of the premises. This set of documents is used to generate one or more scores for the one of the candidate answers. A defined procedure is applied to the candidate answers to determine a ranking for the answers, and this includes using the one or more scores for the at least one of the candidate answers in the defined procedure to determine the ranking for this one candidate answer.

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What is claimed is: 1. A system for generating a score for a candidate answer to a question, comprising: a computer device comprising at least one distinct software module, each distinct software module being embodied on a tangible computer-readable medium; a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory and operative for: receiving an input query; conducting a search in a data source to identify a candidate answer to the input query; after the candidate answer is…

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What does patent US9600601B2 cover?
A method, system and computer program product for generating answers to questions. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving an input query, identifying a plurality of candidate answers to the query; and for at least one of these candidate answers, identifying at least one proof of the answer. This proof includes a series of premises, and a multitude of documents are identified that inc…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Brown Eric W, Chu-Carroll Jennifer, Ferrucci David A, and 2 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F16/24522. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 21 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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