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Cognitive reminder notification mechanisms for answers to questions

  • US 10,169,327 B2
  • Filed: 08/11/2015
  • Issued: 01/01/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, in a data processing system comprising a processor and a memory that operate to implement a natural language processing system, the method comprising:

  • generating, by the natural language processing system implemented by the data processing system, a result of processing a natural language query;

    determining, by the data processing system, that at least one of the natural language query or the result comprises a temporal characteristic;

    in response to determining that at least one of the natural language query or the result comprises a temporal characteristic, generating a reminder notification data structure having an associated scheduled reminder notification time for outputting a reminder notification of the result generated for the natural language query;

    storing the reminder notification data structure in a data storage device; and

    at a later time from a time that the reminder notification data structure was stored in the data storage device, in response to the later time being equal to or later than the scheduled reminder notification time, outputting a reminder notification to a client device associated with a user, wherein the reminder notification specifies the result generated for the natural language query and a historical listing that specifies a history of changes to the result occurring from a time that the result was originally generated for the natural language query and the scheduled reminder notification time, wherein the historical listing includes at least one change from the time that the result was originally generated for the natural language query and the scheduled reminder notification time.

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