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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. 23, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2017
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

David Konopnicki, Haifa, IL;

Priscilla Santos Moraes, Pflugerville, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06N 5/02 (2006.01); G06F 16/338 (2019.01); G06F 16/332 (2019.01); G06F 40/295 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06N 5/022 (2013.01); G06F 16/338 (2019.01); G06F 16/3329 (2019.01); G06F 40/295 (2020.01);
Abstract

A computerized method comprising receiving, from a question answering system, a minimal answer value to a query submitted by a user. Also received are electronic documents based on the minimal answer value, and a document score value, associated with the query, for each of the electronic documents. The method comprises extracting entities and attributes from electronic documents, and for each computing one or more associated score value, and aggregating the document score value with the associated score values. The method comprises selecting some of entities and attributes based on the respective aggregated score value, thereby producing selected associated elements. The method comprises generating, using a computerized natural language (NL) generating system, a comprehensive NL answer, wherein the generating is based on the minimal answer value and the selected associated elements, and sending the comprehensive NL answer for presentation to the user.


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