SUGGESTING AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE SPELLING OF A SEARCH QUERY

Patent №

US 7,440,941

Granted

2008-10-21

Filed 2003

Owner

INKTOMI CORPORATION

Lab

AI components

4

ml · nlp · speech · kr

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

10364078

A method and apparatus for suggesting an alternative spelling for a search query is provided. A request to search for files that match the search query is received. The alternative spelling is selected based on a set of factors. According to one aspect, the set of factors includes how frequently the alternative spelling occurs in a plurality of files. According to one aspect, the set of factors includes how frequently the alternative spelling occurs in one or more previously received requests to search for files.

AI classification

Natural language1.00
Speech1.00
Machine learning0.76
Knowledge representation0.69
AI hardware0.47
Evolutionary computation0.04
Planning0.01
Vision0.00

Ownership

INKTOMI CORPORATION

assignment · 137840142

Assignors

BORKOVSKY, ARKADY, CARSON, CHAD, ZAGHA, MARCO

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

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