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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2011
Matthew K. Gray, Reading, MA (US);
Yuan Kui Shen, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Matthew K. Gray, Reading, MA (US);
Yuan Kui Shen, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Characteristics of a book are determined. A plurality of maximum-likelihood dates associated with text pages within the book is accessed. A maximum-likelihood date for a text page indicates a time period during which that text page was most likely to have been written. The plurality of maximum-likelihood dates is ordered according to the maximum-likelihood dates' associated text pages, from a first text page for which a maximum-likelihood date is available to a last text page for which a maximum-likelihood date is available. The ordered plurality of maximum-likelihood dates is analyzed according to a heuristic to determine characteristics of the book.