The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

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:
Nov. 06, 2018

Filed:

Oct. 01, 2015
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Corville O. Allen, Morrisville, NC (US);

Kyle L. Croutwater, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Kevin B. Haverlock, Cary, NC (US);

Michael D. Whitley, Weddington, NC (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09B 7/00 (2006.01); G09B 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09B 7/00 (2013.01); G09B 7/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

Mechanisms are provided in a data processing system for utilizing algorithms based on categories in a question answering system. The mechanisms capture a history of performance and correctness metrics for identifying efficiency of respective algorithms for finding answers to questions in respective question categories in a question answering system. The mechanisms determine sets of algorithms to use for respective question categories according to efficiency and correctness analysis. The mechanisms determine a question category of a given input question and execute a set of algorithms corresponding to the question category of the given input question that meet an efficiency threshold to contribute to finding a correct answer for the given input question.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…