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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2012
Sugato Bagchi, White Plains, NY (US);
Michael A. Barborak, New York, NY (US);
Steven D. Daniels, Merrick, NY (US);
David A. Ferrucci, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Anthony T. Levas, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Sugato Bagchi, White Plains, NY (US);
Michael A. Barborak, New York, NY (US);
Steven D. Daniels, Merrick, NY (US);
David A. Ferrucci, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Anthony T. Levas, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods display at least one subject, and display a location for at least one user to enter at least one problem related to the subject. The problem comprises unknown items to which the user would like more information. In response to the problem, such systems and methods automatically generate evidence topics related to the problem, and automatically generate questions related to the problem and the evidence topics. Further, such systems and methods can receive additional questions from the user. In response to the questions, such systems and methods automatically generate answers to the questions by referring to sources, automatically calculate confidence measures of each of the answers, and then display the questions, the answers, and the confidence measures. When the user identifies one of the answers as a selected answer, such systems and methods display details of the sources and the factors used to generate the selected answer.