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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 13, 1994
Lucretia H. Vanderwende, Redmond, WA (US);
Stephen D. Richardson, Redmond, WA (US);
Karen Jensen, Bellevue, WA (US);
George E. Heidorn, Bellevue, WA (US);
William B. Dolan, Redmond, WA (US);
Lucretia H. Vanderwende, Redmond, WA (US);
Stephen D. Richardson, Redmond, WA (US);
Karen Jensen, Bellevue, WA (US);
George E. Heidorn, Bellevue, WA (US);
William B. Dolan, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A lexical knowledge base is compiled automatically from a machine-readable source (such as an on-line dictionary or unstructured text). The preferred embodiment of the invention makes use of 'backward linking,' by which inverse semantic relations are discerned from the text and used to augment the knowledge base. By this arrangement, on-line dictionaries and other texts can provide formidable sources of 'common sense' knowledge about the world.