International Business Machines Corporation

Definiens Ag

Juergen Klenk

Dieter Jaepel

Gerd K Binnig

Peter Bloechl

Guenter Schmidt

Richard Hudson

Markus Woischnik

Dean Jones

Patrick Ziegler

A method is disclosed for searching for text passages in text documents. The method uses computerized prediction-based and ontology-based semantic language processing. Both the text passages that are to be located, as well as the text of the documents that are searched, are transformed on the basis of surface-syntactic and deep-syntactic information to generate a semantic network structure. The semantic network structure is linguistically processed based on information about other parts of the semantic network structure in order to improve the accuracy of the semantic network structure. Nodes in the semantic network structure are classified by linking the nodes in the semantic network structure to nodes in a pre-existing ontological network structure representing concepts in a language.

Computerized method and system for searching for text passages in text documents

A method for presenting to a user electronic documents is described. The documents are stored at one or more network sites which are accessible via a network by a computer system, and are registered with a page filter system. The method comprises the steps of determining needs and/or intentions and/or a field of interest of the user, defining a user specification based on the determined needs and/or intentions and/or a field of interest of the user, determining a subset of the electronic documents comprising only those of the electronic documents which comprise content that has a predetermined relation to the user specification, and using the identified subset to amend the presentation of at least one of the electronic documents to the user.

System and method for personalized presentation of web pages

A method for presenting to a user electronic documents is described. The documents are stored at one or more network sites which are accessible via a network by a computer system, and are registered with a page filter system. The method includes the steps of determining needs and/or intentions and/or a field of interest of the user, defining a user specification based on the determined needs and/or intentions and/or a field of interest of the user, determining a subset of the electronic documents including only those of the electronic documents which include content that has a predetermined relation to the user specification, and using the identified subset to amend the presentation of at least one of the electronic documents to the user.

A method for speech recognition can include generating a context-enhanced database from a system input. A voice-generated output can be generated from a speech signal by performing a speech recognition task to convert the speech signal into computer-processable segments. During the speech recognition task, the context-enhanced database can be accessed to improve the speech recognition rate. Accordingly, the speech signal can be interpreted with respect to words included within the context-enhanced database. Additionally, a user can edit or correct an output in order to generate the final voice-generated output which can be made available.

Speech recognition by automated context creation

A visualization system and method for visualization of network data, which is data that represents elements and links between elements. The network data is converted into a data structure, which represents a grid arrangement of the elements, where each element is placed on an individual grid position of a lattice. The data structure is suitable for use by a graphics display. The visualization tool comprises a processing unit that generates an initial data structure which represents an initial grid arrangement of the elements. It then assigns a global value to this initial grid arrangement and employs a gradient method for converting the initial grid arrangement into another grid arrangement which has a decreased or an increased global value.

Network visualization tool utilizing iterative rearrangement of nodes on a grid lattice using gradient method

Scheme for the automated apprehension of textual information conveyed in an input string. The input string is segmented to generate segments and/or semantical units. The following steps are repeated for each segment in the input string until a subset for each segment in said input string is identified: Then these subsets are combined to form a resulting semantic network.

Processing of textual information and automated apprehension of information

Database system ( ) which comprises a fractal hierarchical index database ( ), and a processing unit ( ). The processing unit ( ) is employed to evaluate an input string ( ) describing an element (E ) that is to be added to the database system ( ) in order to obtain an input network ( ) comprising a semantical unit (SU ) representing the element (E ). Then the processing unit ( ) updates the index database ( ). Finally, either an existing access pointer ( ) is maintained, or a new access pointer ( ) is created between the element (E ) and the semantical unit (SU ) representing the element (E ) thereby rendering the element (E ) in the database system ( ) accessible or retrievable.

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Groebenzell, Germany

Juergen Klenk