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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:
Jul. 30, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 14, 2014
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Nicholas V. Bruno, Cary, NC (US);

Donna K. Byron, Petersham, MA (US);

Julius Goth, III, Franklinton, NC (US);

Dwi Sianto Mansjur, North Sumatra, ID;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06N 5/04 (2006.01); G06N 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06N 5/04 (2013.01); G06N 5/022 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01);
Abstract

A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for tailoring question answering system output based on user expertise. The mechanism receives an input question from a questioning user and determines a set of features associated with text of the input question. The mechanism determines an expertise level of the questioning user based on the set of features associated with the text of the input question using a trained expertise model. The mechanism generates one or more candidate answers for the input question and tailors output of the one or more candidate answers based on the expertise level of the questioning user.


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