Tailoring Question Answering System Output Based on User Expertise

Patent №

US 10,366,332

Granted

2019-07-30

Filed 2014

Owner

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

AI components

5

ml · nlp · speech · kr · planning

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

14460066

A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for tailoring question answering system output based on user expertise. The mechanism receives an input question from a questioning user and determines a set of features associated with text of the input question. The mechanism determines an expertise level of the questioning user based on the set of features associated with the text of the input question using a trained expertise model. The mechanism generates one or more candidate answers for the input question and tailors output of the one or more candidate answers based on the expertise level of the questioning user.

AI classification

Natural language1.00
Machine learning1.00
Planning1.00
Knowledge representation1.00
Speech1.00
AI hardware0.43
Evolutionary computation0.01
Vision0.00

Ownership

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

assignment · 335400085

Assignors

BRUNO, NICHOLAS V., BYRON, DONNA K., GOTH, JULIUS, III, MANSJUR, DWI SIANTO

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

From the same owner

© 2026 NYSGPT2525 LLC