Patent №
US 6,028,601
Granted
2000-02-22
Filed 1997
Owner
APPLE COMPUTER, INC.
Lab
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AI components
5
ml · nlp · speech · kr · planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
08829862
A user enters input, or a question in natural language form, and information is retrieved. A questions database is coupled to the input interface and contains questions which are comparable to the input and which the source retrieves in response to an input. An information source is coupled to the input interface and contains information which is relevant to retrieved questions. A searcher is coupled to the input interface for searching the information source for information which is relevant to the input. Information is ranked according to the entered query. A user's question is stored and linked to answers in the questions database. Users may add and link new questions which are not already stored in the questions database.
AI classification
Ownership
APPLE COMPUTER, INC.
assignment · 85060557
Assignors
MACHIRAJU, NAGABHUSHAN RAO, GRAVES, MICHAEL JAMES, VEMURI, SUNIL, CHANDHOK, RAVINDER PAUL, LOFGREN, CATHERINE ABBOTT
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.