Patent №
US 10,984,328
Granted
2021-04-20
Filed 2017
Owner
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
4
ml · nlp · kr · planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
15439219
The disclosed embodiments include a Question and Answer (QA) system, computer program product, and computer-implemented method configured to adjust passage relevancy to a question based on time. The disclosed embodiments seek to improve the process of providing answers to questions that include a temporal reference. In particular, the disclosed embodiments are better able to provide answers to questions that include a temporal reference that does not have an exact matching temporal reference in an answer source of a QA system.
AI classification
Ownership
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
assignment · 413410737
Assignors
BOXWELL, STEPHEN A, BRAKE, KYLE M., FROST, KEITH G., VERNIER, STANLEY J.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.