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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2014
Nuance Communications, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Richard S. Crouch, Cupertino, CA (US);
Marisa F. Boston, Saline, MI (US);
Ali Erdem Ozcan, Montreal, CA;
Peter R. Stubley, Lachine, CA;
Nuance Communications, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for indexing document passages are presented. In some embodiments, a computing device may identify a plurality of documents that comprise a plurality of passages. A passage index comprising a plurality of entries may be generated. Each entry may comprise keywords from a passage of the plurality of passages in one of the plurality of documents. Each entry may further comprise at least one annotation associated with the passage. A search query comprising at least one search keyword may be received. The passage index for each document of the plurality of documents may be analyzed using the at least one search keyword to identify at least one passage from the plurality of documents that matches the search query. In response to the query, the at least one passage may be presented.