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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:
Feb. 11, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 15, 2017
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Charles E. Beller, Baltimore, MD (US);

Paul J. Chase, Jr., Fairfax, VA (US);

Michael Drzewucki, Woodbridge, VA (US);

Edward G. Katz, Washington, DC (US);

Christopher Phipps, Arlington, VA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/332 (2019.01); G10L 15/01 (2013.01); G06F 17/27 (2006.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06F 16/33 (2019.01); G06F 16/2452 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/3329 (2019.01); G06F 16/24522 (2019.01); G06F 16/3334 (2019.01); G06F 17/2795 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G10L 15/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, computer system, and a computer program product for leveraging coherent question sequences is provided. The present invention may include receiving an initiating question. The present invention may include receiving a subsequent question. The present invention may include determining that the received subsequent question is not a rephrasing of the received initiating question. The present invention may also include determining that the received subsequent question is not beginning a new question topic based on determining that the received subsequent question is not a rephrasing of the received initiating question. The present invention may then include propagating a conversational context based on determining that that received subsequent question is not beginning a new question topic. The present invention may include generating and scoring an answer based on the propagated conversational context. The present invention may lastly include outputting the answer.


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