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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:
Nov. 09, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 27, 2019
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

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

William G. Dubyak, Boerne, TX (US);

Palani Sakthi, Palatine, IL (US);

Robert A. Sheets, Herndon, VA (US);

Kristen M. Summers, Takoma Park, MD (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 40/40 (2020.01); G09B 5/02 (2006.01); G09B 19/00 (2006.01); G09B 7/02 (2006.01); G06F 40/30 (2020.01); G06F 40/247 (2020.01); G06F 40/268 (2020.01); G06F 40/284 (2020.01); G06F 40/289 (2020.01); G06F 40/51 (2020.01); G06F 40/35 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 40/40 (2020.01); G06F 40/247 (2020.01); G06F 40/268 (2020.01); G06F 40/284 (2020.01); G06F 40/289 (2020.01); G06F 40/30 (2020.01); G06F 40/51 (2020.01); G09B 5/02 (2013.01); G09B 7/02 (2013.01); G09B 19/00 (2013.01); G06F 40/35 (2020.01);
Abstract

Dynamic semantic processing of text in a word processing application with engagement of question-answering system. A user provides a text stream to a computer system via an input source. The input text stream includes a first natural language statement. The system determines that the first natural language statement includes a fact-based component expressed in natural language form. The system identifies an initial span and an alternative span of the first natural language component, based on the determining. The system engages a question-answering (QA) system by providing the initial span and the alternative span of the first natural language component to the QA system, and by receiving, in response to the providing, a set of natural language results from the QA system. The system evaluates the initial span and the alternative span of the first natural language component based on the received natural language results.


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