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Patent No.:

US 10885025 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021

Filed:

May. 11, 2015

Answer management in a question-answering environment

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Kevin S. Barker, Raleigh, NC (US);

Thomas J. Eggebraaten, Rochester, MN (US);

Mark G. Megerian, Rochester, MN (US);

John E. Petri, St. Charles, MN (US);

Michael D. Pfeifer, Rochester, MN (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:

Nicholas D. Bowman

Primary Examiner:

Kakali Chaki

Assistant Examiner:

Ababacar Seck

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/2452 (2019.01); G06F 19/00 (2018.01); G06N 7/00 (2006.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06F 16/28 (2019.01); G06F 16/36 (2019.01); G06F 16/951 (2019.01); G06F 16/955 (2019.01); G06F 16/332 (2019.01); G06F 16/33 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/2457 (2019.01); G06F 16/9032 (2019.01); G16H 10/20 (2018.01); G06F 40/30 (2020.01); G06F 40/40 (2020.01); G06F 40/205 (2020.01); G06F 40/211 (2020.01); G06F 40/284 (2020.01); G06N 5/02 (2006.01); G06N 5/04 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G09B 7/00 (2006.01); G09B 7/02 (2006.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G16H 50/70 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/24522 (2019.01); G06F 16/24575 (2019.01); G06F 16/24578 (2019.01); G06F 16/284 (2019.01); G06F 16/285 (2019.01); G06F 16/3329 (2019.01); G06F 16/3332 (2019.01); G06F 16/3334 (2019.01); G06F 16/3344 (2019.01); G06F 16/367 (2019.01); G06F 16/90324 (2019.01); G06F 16/951 (2019.01); G06F 16/955 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 19/00 (2013.01); G06F 19/325 (2013.01); G06F 40/205 (2020.01); G06F 40/211 (2020.01); G06F 40/284 (2020.01); G06F 40/30 (2020.01); G06F 40/40 (2020.01); G06N 5/022 (2013.01); G06N 5/046 (2013.01); G06N 7/005 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06Q 30/0203 (2013.01); G09B 7/00 (2013.01); G09B 7/02 (2013.01); G16H 10/20 (2018.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G16H 50/70 (2018.01);
Abstract

Managing answers in a question-answering environment is disclosed. Managing answers in the question-answering environment can include sorting, based on a set of answer categories for a subject matter, a first set of answers into a first answer category and a second set of answers into a second answer category. Managing answers in the question-answering environment can include determining, using the subject matter, a first category sequence including the first answer category and the second answer category, and establishing, based on the first category sequence, a first answer sequence established from a portion of the first set of answers from the first answer category and a portion of the second set of answers from the second answer category.

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