Patent №
US 6,966,030
Granted
2005-11-15
Filed 2001
Owner
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
3
nlp · kr · hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
09908417
A method, system and computer program product are provided for implementing acronym assistance for a user of a text editor or browser program. An acronym in a text document is identified. Then the text document is scanned to identify a definition of the acronym. Responsive to identifying the definition of the acronym, the definition of the acronym is displayed to the user. Acronym assistance is provided for a reader and a writer using the text program. Both an acronym dictionary and an acronym collection file can be used to identify the definition of the acronym. User selected options are provided for displaying the definition of the acronym to the user. For a writer using the text program, the definition of the acronym can be provided in-line in the document text. A footnote definition of the acronym can be provided with a reference to an original acronym definition.
AI classification
Ownership
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
assignment · 120210860
Assignors
ASHFORD, THOMAS JAY, BATES, CARY LEE, CRAGUN, BRIAN JOHN, DAY, PAUL REUBEN
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.