System for Automatically Generating Queries
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsGregory T. Grefenstette, James G. Shanahan
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Abstract
A method, system and article of manufacture therefor, are disclosed for automatically generating a query from document content.
Claims46
A computer implemented method, comprising:
- recording in a database entities having associated therewith an entity-type identifying whether the entity belongs to one or more predefined classes of entities;
- automatically recognizing in selected content at least one entity recorded in the database of entities;
- automatically assigning the selected content a set of one or more categories using a categorization system for categorizing content;
- the categorization system having categories corresponding to categories of content available through an information retrieval system;
- automatically acquiring search results by querying content available through the information retrieval system using the at least one entity recognized in the selected content;
- said acquiring contextualizing said querying using the set of one or more categories assigned to the selected content;
- automatically using the search results acquired through the information retrieval system for enriching the selected content;
- making available the selected content enriched using the search results.
A computer implemented method for automatically generating a query from document content to search for information using an information retrieval system, comprising:
- defining an ontology organized by categories of information;
- automatically identifying, using a first processor, a set of entities in the document content;
- automatically categorizing, using the first or a second processor, the document content by assigning the document content at least one category of information from the ontology;
- and
- automatically formulating the query for searching, using the information retrieval system, for information related to the set of entities and the at least one assigned category of information.
A computer implemented method for automatically generating a query from document content to search for information using an information retrieval system utilizing an ontology organized by categories of information, comprising:
- automatically identifying, using a first processor, a set of entities in the document content;
- automatically categorizing, using the first or a second processor, the document content by assigning the document content at least one category of information from the ontology;
- and
- automatically formulating the query for searching, using the information retrieval system, for information related to the set of entities and the at least one assigned category of information.
A computer implemented method for retrieving information, comprising:
- automatically identifying, using a first processor, a set of entities in document content;
- automatically categorizing, using the first or a second processor, the document content by assigning to the document content at least one category of information from an ontology organized by categories of information;
- automatically formulating a query for searching for information related to the set of entities and the at least one assigned category of information;
- and
- automatically retrieving the information using the query.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.