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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1998
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A query word is used to identify one of a number of word groups, by first determining whether the query word is in any of the word groups. If not, attempts to modify the query word are made in accordance with successive suffix relationships in a sequence until a modified query word is obtained that is in one of the word groups. The sequence of suffix relationships, which can be pairwise relationships, can be defined by a list ordered according to the frequencies of occurrence of the suffix relationships in a natural language. If a modified query word is obtained that is in one of the word groups, information identifying the word group can be provided, such as a representative of the group or a list of words in the group.