Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Answering time-sensitive questions
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Application No.: US15435345Application Date: 2017-02-17
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Publication No.: US09916303B2Publication Date: 2018-03-13
- Inventor: Ashish Mungi , Joy Mustafi
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Patricia B. Feighan
- Main IPC: G06F17/27
- IPC: G06F17/27 ; G06F17/30

Abstract:
A method providing an answer to an input question containing at least one time-sensitive word or at least one time-sensitive phrase using natural language processing (NLP) is provided. The method may include receiving the input question. The method may also include performing natural language processing (NLP) analysis on the input question to extract a required value phrase. The method may further include forming at least one mathematical equation based on the extracted required value phrase. Additionally, the method may include forming at least one interim question based on the extracted required value phrase. The method may further include solving the at least one formed mathematical equation and the at least one formed interim question. The method may also include narrating the answer to the input question in natural language based on the solved at least one interim question or the solved at least one mathematical equation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170161261A1 ANSWERING TIME-SENSITIVE QUESTIONS Public/Granted day:2017-06-08
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