Analogy Finder

Patent №

US 9,501,469

Granted

2016-11-22

Filed 2013

Owner

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS

Lab

AI components

5

ml · nlp · vision · kr · hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

14085897

A user provides a query that includes at least two of a subject, a predicate, and an object. A computer system identifies synonyms of one or more of the subject, predicate, and object, and forms new queries from the identified synonyms. The system searches a dataset using the new queries, and possibly also using the user-provided query, to produce search results. The system may process the search results, such as by filtering and/or sorting them. The system provides output representing the search results to the user. The user may use the search result output to identify answers that are analogous to answers to the query originally provided by the user.

AI classification

Natural language1.00
Machine learning1.00
AI hardware1.00
Vision0.68
Knowledge representation0.59
Planning0.41
Speech0.04
Evolutionary computation0.00

Ownership

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS

assignment · 316470169

Assignors

MCCAFFREY, ANTHONY

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

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