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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
May. 25, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Daniel M. Jamrog, Acton, MA (US);
Jason D. LaVoie, Littleton, MA (US);
Nicholas W. Orrick, Austin, TX (US);
Kristin A. Witherspoon, Somerville, MA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An approach is provided for utilizing unstructured corpora in a Question and Answer (QA) system. A question is received at the QA system. A private corpora is generated with the private corpora being associated with the user. The private corpora is generated from private data stores associated with the user as well as private data stores associated with other users. Access to the other user's private data sources is provided to the user by the other users. The system retrieves data responsive to the question from the private corpora. The responsive data is ranked based on its relevance to the question. Likely answers are identified based on the ranked responsive data and the likely answers are provided back to the user.