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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2010
Marc Noel Light, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Craig Alan Larson, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Kevin Scott Koch, Grand Junction, CO (US);
David Wayne Demoss, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Marc Noel Light, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Craig Alan Larson, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Kevin Scott Koch, Grand Junction, CO (US);
David Wayne DeMoss, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
For automated text processing, the inventors devised, among other things, an exemplary system that includes an entity tagger, an entity resolver, a text segment classifier, and a relationship extractor. The entity tagger receives an input text segment, and tags named entities with the segment as being a person, company, or place. The entity resolver accesses authority files, and associates the persons and companies named in the text segment with specific entries in the files. The text segment classifier determines whether the text segment includes a relationship event, such as job-change event or merger and acquisition event, and if an event is detected, the relationship extractor determines the event role of entities named in the segment. For example, the extractor determines for a merger and acquisition event, which named company was the acquirer and which was acquired.