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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 12, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jianying Hu, Westfield, NJ (US);
Richard W. Sproat, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Hao Chen, Dorval, CA;
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/72 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/72 ;
Abstract
A technique analyzing loosely constrained text blocks, such as e-mail signature blocks by performing a two-dimensional geometrical analysis and a one-dimensional language analysis in order to classify sub-blocks at the loosely constrained text block into particular functional classes. The present technique may also be utilized to identify a personal name from a user name in a loosely constrained text block, such as an e-mail signature block.