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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2013
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Donna K. Byron, Boston, MA (US);
Alexander Pikovsky, Laxington, MA (US);
Matthew B. Sanchez, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/21 (2006.01); G06F 17/24 (2006.01); G06F 17/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/211 (2013.01); G06F 17/245 (2013.01); G06F 17/2881 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for adapting tabular data for narration is provided in the illustrative embodiments. A set of categories used to organize data is identified in a first tabular portion of a document. A structure of the categories is analyzed. An inference is drawn about data in a first cell in the first tabular portion based on a position of the first cell in the structure. The first tabular portion of the document is transformed into a first narrative form using the inference.