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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
May. 10, 2002
Kenichiro Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Akabane, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoaki Nitta, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuhide Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Erika Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichiro Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Akabane, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoaki Nitta, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuhide Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Erika Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The text format of input data is checked, and is converted into a system-manipulated format. It is further determined if the input data is in an HTML or e-mail format using tags, heading information, and the like. The converted data is divided into blocks in a simple manner such that elements in the blocks can be checked based on repetition of predetermined character patterns. Each block section is tagged with a tag indicating a block. The data divided into blocks is parsed based on tags, character patterns, etc., and is structured. A table in text is also parsed, and is segmented into cells. Finally, tree-structured data having a hierarchical structure is generated based on the sentence-structured data. A sentence-extraction template paired with the tree-structured data is used to extract sentences.