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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2004
Ronald M. Kaplan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Richard Crouch, Cupertino, CA (US);
Daniel G. Bobrow, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ronald M. Kaplan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Richard Crouch, Cupertino, CA (US);
Daniel G. Bobrow, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are presented to determine user-interest sensitive condensations of a passage. One or more passages are selected and user interest information, condensation transformations and optional meaning distortion constraints are identified. The foci of user interest within the selected passages are determined based the similarity of the elements in the selected passages to elements in the user interest information. The condensation transformations are applied to the selected passages to preferentially retain user foci while eliding less salient information. The resultant condensate provides signals the user-interest sensitive meaning of the passage. Meaning distortions constraints are optionally applied in conjunction with the condensation transformations or in creating the condensation transformations to reduce the likelihood of distorting the meaning of the passage.