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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 09, 2014
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

John B. Gordon, Austin, TX (US);

Scott H. Isensee, Austin, TX (US);

Mark Marrara, Round Rock, TX (US);

William G. O'Keeffe, Tewksbury, MA (US);

Cale Vardy, Ontario, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/18 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30654 (2013.01);
Abstract

A question is received in a computerized answering system via an input device. A plurality of classes corresponding to the question are retrieved from a memory device. One or more answers to the question are generated by a processor. Each answer is associated with a confidence value. The confidence values associated with the answers are compared with thresholds associated with the plurality of classes. The answers are classified by the processor into the plurality of classes based on the comparing. The answers are presented via a display device in accordance with the classification of the answers. A user response to at least one of the answers is detected. At least one of the plurality of classes is adjusted based on the user response.


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