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Patent No.:

US 9818062 B1

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Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 19, 2015
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Adam T. Clark, Mantorville, MN (US);

Jeffrey K. Huebert, Rochester, MN (US);

Aspen L. Payton, Byron, MN (US);

John E. Petri, St. Charles, MN (US);

Richard J. Stevens, Monkton, VT (US);

Kathryn L. Whaley, Rochester, MN (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06N 5/04 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06N 5/04 (2013.01); G06F 17/3043 (2013.01);
Abstract

A cohort analysis mechanism analyzes cohorts to infer one or more additional attributes for an input case to provide a refined input case to answer a question in a question answering system. The refined input case is then used to answer a question in the question answering system. The refined input case can be used in a traditional question answering flow or in a flow that again uses cohort analysis to extract relevant data to answer the question. The cohort analysis mechanism analyzes cohorts to find common attributes in the cohorts and then determines whether to infer the common attributes into the refined input case. The cohort analysis mechanism may determine to dialog with a user to confirm an inferred attribute.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Clark, Adam. (2017). Using cohorts to infer attributes for an input case in a question answering system (U.S. Patent No. 9818062). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9818062

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