Patents by Inventor Claire L. Kohler

Claire L. Kohler has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Query disambiguation in a question-answering environment
    Patent number: 10169489
    Abstract: Query disambiguation can include identifying, a first set of word clusters in a first candidate answer generated in response to a first input query for a question-answering system. Each of the first set of word clusters can be classified according to a syntactic element of a first set of syntactic elements. Query disambiguation can include identifying, in the first input query, a second set of word clusters. Each of the second set of word clusters can be classified according to a syntactic element of a second set of syntactic elements. Query disambiguation can include determining that the first word cluster is classified according to a first syntactic element that is not present in the second set of syntactic elements and generating a second input query using the first input query and the first word cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Corville O. Allen, Claire L. Kohler
  • Query disambiguation in a question-answering environment
    Patent number: 10169490
    Abstract: Query disambiguation can include identifying, a first set of word clusters in a first candidate answer generated in response to a first input query for a question-answering system. Each of the first set of word clusters can be classified according to a syntactic element of a first set of syntactic elements. Query disambiguation can include identifying, in the first input query, a second set of word clusters. Each of the second set of word clusters can be classified according to a syntactic element of a second set of syntactic elements. Query disambiguation can include determining that the first word cluster is classified according to a first syntactic element that is not present in the second set of syntactic elements and generating a second input query using the first input query and the first word cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Corville O. Allen, Claire L. Kohler
  • QUERY DISAMBIGUATION IN A QUESTION-ANSWERING ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20160259846
    Abstract: Query disambiguation can include identifying, a first set of word clusters in a first candidate answer generated in response to a first input query for a question-answering system. Each of the first set of word clusters can be classified according to a syntactic element of a first set of syntactic elements. Query disambiguation can include identifying, in the first input query, a second set of word clusters. Each of the second set of word clusters can be classified according to a syntactic element of a second set of syntactic elements. Query disambiguation can include determining that the first word cluster is classified according to a first syntactic element that is not present in the second set of syntactic elements and generating a second input query using the first input query and the first word cluster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Corville O. Allen, Claire L. Kohler
  • QUERY DISAMBIGUATION IN A QUESTION-ANSWERING ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20160259863
    Abstract: Query disambiguation can include identifying, a first set of word clusters in a first candidate answer generated in response to a first input query for a question-answering system. Each of the first set of word clusters can be classified according to a syntactic element of a first set of syntactic elements. Query disambiguation can include identifying, in the first input query, a second set of word clusters. Each of the second set of word clusters can be classified according to a syntactic element of a second set of syntactic elements. Query disambiguation can include determining that the first word cluster is classified according to a first syntactic element that is not present in the second set of syntactic elements and generating a second input query using the first input query and the first word cluster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Corville O. Allen, Claire L. Kohler