Patents by Inventor Kristen A. Witherspoon

Kristen A. Witherspoon 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).

  • QUERYING A QUESTION AND ANSWER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150331935
    Abstract: A system, a method, and a computer program product of searching a corpus with an unstructured query in a Question and Answering (QA) system are disclosed. The system, the method, and the computer program product include analyzing structural information of an input question. The analyzing may occur in response to parsing the input question. The analyzing may select a first portion of the input question as a first component. The system, the method, and the computer program product include weighting the first component with a first weight. The weighting may be used in a query. The system, the method, and the computer program product include submitting the query to the QA system. The query may include the first component with the first weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel M. Jamrog, Jason D. LaVoie, Nicholas W. Orrick, Kristen A. Witherspoon