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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2005
Alwin B. Carus, Waban, MA (US);
Thomas J. Deplonty, Iii, Melrose, MA (US);
Alwin B. Carus, Waban, MA (US);
Thomas J. DePlonty, III, Melrose, MA (US);
Dictaphone Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates generally to a system and method for categorization of strings of words. More specifically, the present invention relates to a system and method for normalizing a string of words for use in a system for categorization of words in a predetermined categorization scheme. A method for adaptive categorization of words in a predetermined categorization scheme may include receiving a string of text, tagging the string of text, and normalizing the string of text. Normalization may be performed with a three-stage algorithm including a literal match processing stage, an approximation match processing stage, and a nearest neighbor match processing stage. The normalized string of text can be compared to a number of sequences of text in the predetermined categorization scheme.