Concept word management

• US 20040186705A1
• Filed: 03/18/2003
• Published: 09/23/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: General Motors Corporation (Motors Liquidation Co. GUC Trust)
• Original Assignee: General Motors Corporation (Motors Liquidation Co. GUC Trust)
• Inventors: Morgan, Alexander P., Simon, Andrea Marie, Sengir, Gulcin, Gibbons, Diane I., Lesperance, Ronald Michael, Cafeo, John Anthony
• Application Number:
  US10/392,341
• Publication Number:
  US 20040186705A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/9
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes

Abstract

A method for concept word management. The method comprises receiving an editing request for a text document from a requestor. The editing request includes an initial phrase located in the text document. An ontology associated with the text document is searched for the initial phrase. The initial phrase is distinguished in the text document in response to the initial phrase being located in the ontology and to the editing request further including a distinguish phrase command. An alternate phrase associated with the initial phrase is presented to the requestor in response to the initial phrase being located in the ontology and to the editing request further including a display alternate phrase command. The initial phrase is replaced in the text document with the alternate phrase in response to the editing request further including a replace phrase command.

Claims

1. A method for concept word management, said method comprising:

receiving an editing request for a text document from a requester, said editing request including an initial phrase located in said text document;

searching an ontology associated with said text document for said initial phrase;

distinguishing said initial phrase in said text document in response to said initial phrase being located in said ontology and to said editing request further including a distinguish phrase command;

presenting an alternate phrase associated with said initial phrase to said requestor in response to said initial phrase being located in said ontology and to said editing request further including a display alternate phrase command; and

replacing said initial phrase in said text document with said alternate phrase in response to said editing request further including a replace phrase command.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said presenting includes displaying said alternate phrase on a computer screen.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising presenting said text document to said requestor.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said distinguishing further comprises distinguishing said initial phrase in a first manner if said initial phrase is a concept phrase and distinguishing said initial phrase in a second manner if said initial phrase is a concept phrase synonym.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein said first manner includes changing the color of said initial phrase to blue and said second manner includes changing the color of said initial phrase to red.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein said initial phrase consists of a single word.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein said initial phrase includes multiple words.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising categorizing said initial phrase based on the results of said searching, wherein said initial phrase is categorized as a concept phrase or a concept phrase synonym in response to locating said initial phrase in said ontology and to the placement of said initial phrase in said ontology.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein:

said alternate phrase is a more general concept phrase then said initial phrase in response to said initial phrase being categorized as a concept phrase and to said alternate phrase command including a generalization command;

said alternate phrase is a more specialized concept phrase than said initial phrase in response to said initial phrase being categorized as a concept phrase and to said alternate phrase command including a specialization command;

or

said alternate phrase is a root concept phrase in response to said initial phrase being categorized as a concept phrase synonym and to said alternate phrase command including a root phrase command.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein said generalization command is indicated by pressing an up-arrow key on a key-pad.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein said specialization command is indicated by pressing a down-arrow key on a key-pad.

12. The method of claim 9 wherein said root phrase command is indicated by pressing a right-arrow key on a key-pad.

13. The method of claim 9 wherein said concept phrase synonym includes synonyms, misspellings and abbreviations associated with said root concept phrase.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein said ontology has a hierarchical structure.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein said ontology includes semantic tags.

16. The method of claim 1 wherein said method is performed in an interactive mode.

17. The method of claim 1 wherein said method is performed in a batch mode.

18. The method of claim 1 wherein said text document is a free-text document.

19. A system for concept word management, the system comprising:

a network;

a storage device in communication with said network, said storage device storing a text document and an ontology associated with said text document;

a user system in communication with said network; and

a host system in communication with said network, said host system including application software to implement a method comprising;

receiving an editing request via said network for said text document from a requestor on the user system, said editing request including an initial phrase located in said text document;

searching said ontology for said initial phrase;

distinguishing said initial phrase in said text document in response to said initial phrase being located in said ontology and to said editing request further including a distinguish phrase command;

presenting an alternate phrase associated with said initial phrase via said network to said requester in response to said initial phrase being located in said ontology and to said editing request further including a display alternate phrase command; and

replacing said initial phrase in said text document with said alternate phrase in response to said editing request further including a replace phrase command.

20. The system of claim 19 wherein said user system and said host system are located in different geographic locations.

21. The system of claim 19 wherein said host system and said storage device are located in different geographic locations.

22. The system of claim 19 wherein said network, said storage device, said user system and said host system are located in the same physical hardware.

23. The system of claim 19 wherein said network is the Internet.

24. A computer program product for concept word management, the computer program product comprising:

a storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising;

receiving an editing request for a text document from a requester, said editing request including an initial phrase located in said text document;

searching an ontology associated with said text document for said initial phrase;

distinguishing said initial phrase in said text document in response to said initial phrase being located in said ontology and to said editing request further including a distinguish phrase command;

presenting an alternate phrase associated with said initial phrase to said requester in response to said initial phrase being located in said ontology and to said editing request further including a display alternate phrase command; and

replacing said initial phrase in said text document with said alternate phrase in response to said editing request further including a replace phrase command.