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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Shadi E. Albouyeh, Raleigh, NC (US);
James E. Fox, Apex, NC (US);
Trudy L. Hewitt, Cary, NC (US);
Prasad L. Imandi, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
According to some embodiments, a method for determining proper name spelling in a text message from a sender to a receiver is described. The method may include evaluating text from a sender to a receiver to identify a proper name, comparing the text against a repository containing one or more proper names, determining a confidence ranking related to the accuracy of spelling of the proper name using shared contacts between the sender and receiver, and outputting a specific spelling of the proper name based on a highest confidence ranking of the confidence ranking.