Patent №
US 8,751,559
Granted
2014-06-10
Filed 2008
Owner
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
4
ml · nlp · kr · planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
12211113
A question processing system routes questions among participants in a balanced and sustainable manner. Any participant can act as an inquirer (who poses questions) and an expert (who answers questions). In one illustrative case, the question processing system operates by: receiving a question from an inquirer; determining at least one expert that is appropriate to answer the question; and routing the question to the expert. The receiving, determining, and routing are repeated with respect to other inquirers and other experts to achieve a desired balance of information exchange among the plurality of participants of the electronic question processing system.
AI classification
Ownership
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
assignment · 215400866
Assignors
RICHARDSON, MATTHEW, WHITE, RYEN W., BRILL, ERIC D.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.