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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2004
Applicants:
Christopher Brockett, Bellevue, WA (US);
Eric Breck, Ithaca, NY (US);
William Dolan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Inventors:
Christopher Brockett, Bellevue, WA (US);
Eric Breck, Ithaca, NY (US);
William Dolan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/27 (2006.01); G06F 17/20 (2006.01); G06F 17/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A computer-implemented method determines whether to apply a given paraphrase alternation pattern to an input string. The method includes generating a context model and applying the context model to determine whether the given paraphrase alternation pattern can be applied to the input string so as to preserve meaning.