ANSWERING TIME-SENSITIVE QUESTIONS

Patent №

US 9,514,185

Granted

2016-12-06

Filed 2014

Owner

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

AI components

6

ml · nlp · speech · kr · planning · hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

14453891

A method providing an answer to an input question containing at least one time-sensitive word or at least one time-sensitive phrase using natural language processing (NLP) is provided. The method may include receiving the input question. The method may also include performing natural language processing (NLP) analysis on the input question to extract a required value phrase. The method may further include forming at least one mathematical equation based on the extracted required value phrase. Additionally, the method may include forming at least one interim question based on the extracted required value phrase. The method may further include solving the at least one formed mathematical equation and the at least one formed interim question. The method may also include narrating the answer to the input question in natural language based on the solved at least one interim question or the solved at least one mathematical equation.

Machine learningNatural languageSpeechKnowledge representationPlanningAI hardwareG06F 16/24522G06F 16/3329G06F 16/3344G06F 16/951G06F 16/9535G06F 40/205G06F 40/242G06F 40/253+2 more

AI classification

Natural language1.00
Planning1.00
Knowledge representation0.96
AI hardware0.96
Speech0.96
Machine learning0.91
Evolutionary computation0.11
Vision0.00

Ownership

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

assignment · 334860073

Assignors

MUNGI, ASHISH, MUSTAFI, JOY

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