Patents by Inventor Maud Ehrmann

Maud Ehrmann 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).

  • Hybrid system for named entity resolution
    Patent number: 8374844
    Abstract: A method for named entity resolution includes parsing an input text string to identify a context in which an identified named entity of the input text string is used. The identified context is compared with at least one stored context in which the named entity in the stored context is associated with a class of named entity, the named entity class being selected from a plurality of classes, at least one of the plurality of classes corresponding to a metonymic use of a respective named entity. A named entity class is assigned to the identified named entity from the plurality of named entity classes, based on at least one of the identified context and the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Caroline Brun, Maud Ehrmann, Guillaume Jacquet
  • HYBRID SYSTEM FOR NAMED ENTITY RESOLUTION
    Publication number: 20080319978
    Abstract: A method for named entity resolution includes parsing an input text string to identify a context in which an identified named entity of the input text string is used. The identified context is compared with at least one stored context in which the named entity in the stored context is associated with a class of named entity, the named entity class being selected from a plurality of classes, at least one of the plurality of classes corresponding to a metonymic use of a respective named entity. A named entity class is assigned to the identified named entity from the plurality of named entity classes, based on at least one of the identified context and the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Caroline Brun, Maud Ehrmann, Guillaume Jacquet