Method and system for determining contextual meaning for network search applications
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Abstract
A computer implemented data processor system automatically disambiguates a contextual meaning of natural language symbols to enable precise meanings to be stored for later retrieval from a natural language database, so that natural language database design is automatic, to enable flexible and efficient natural language interfaces to computers, household appliances and hand-held devices.
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20. A method of searching a network using natural language input, the method comprising:
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receiving a natural language search request, wherein the natural language search request includes at least one word;
analyzing each of the at least one word of the natural language search request using a semantic inheritance network; and
determining a contextual meaning for the natural language search request using each of the at least one word of the natural language search request analyzed using the semantic inheritance network. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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