Patent №
US 7,409,381
Granted
2008-08-05
Filed 2001
Owner
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Lab
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AI components
1
nlp
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
09744393
A method and apparatus for generating an index entry for a record in a semi-structured database involves analysing each field to identify an entry within each field and to identify a sequence of characters having a format corresponding to a predetermined format. Thereafter, the method and apparatus operate to generate an index entry for the identified entry, and for at least one field, define any characters not identified as an entry as a free text entry.
AI classification
Ownership
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
assignment · 117410630
Assignors
STEEL, SAMUEL W.D., KRUSCHWITZ, UDO, WEBB, NICHOLAS J., DE ROECK, ANNE N., SCOTT, PAUL D., TURNER, RAYMOND, TSUI, KWOK C., WOBCKE, WAYNE R., AZVINE, BEHNAM
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