The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Aug. 02, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2007
Chris Brockett, Bellevue, WA (US);
William Dolan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Michael Gamon, Seattle, WA (US);
Jianfeng Gao, Redmond, WA (US);
Lucy Vanderwende, Sammamish, WA (US);
Hsiao-wen Hon, Beijing, CN;
Ming Zhou, Beijing, CN;
Gary Kacmarcik, Bothell, WA (US);
Alexandre Klementiev, Urbana, IL (US);
Chris Brockett, Bellevue, WA (US);
William Dolan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Michael Gamon, Seattle, WA (US);
Jianfeng Gao, Redmond, WA (US);
Lucy Vanderwende, Sammamish, WA (US);
Hsiao-Wen Hon, Beijing, CN;
Ming Zhou, Beijing, CN;
Gary Kacmarcik, Bothell, WA (US);
Alexandre Klementiev, Urbana, IL (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system is disclosed for checking grammar and usage using a flexible portfolio of different mechanisms, and automatically providing a variety of different examples of standard usage, selected from analogous Web content. The system can be used for checking the grammar and usage in any application that involves natural language text, such as word processing, email, and presentation applications. The grammar and usage can be evaluated using several complementary evaluation modules, which may include one based on a trained classifier, one based on regular expressions, and one based on comparative searches of the Web or a local corpus. The evaluation modules can provide a set of suggested alternative segments with corrected grammar and usage. A followup, screened Web search based on the alternative segments, in context, may provide several different in-context examples of proper grammar and usage that the user can consider and select from.