Method and Apparatus for Mobile Information Access in Natural Language
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Abstract
This patent describes a method for mobile information access, executed in a networked computer system comprising at least a mobile information access server and one or a plurality of information retrieval systems, comprising the steps of: receiving a message from a mobile communication device; analyzing the received message; forming one or a plurality of queries based on the message analysis; obtaining documents based on the one or the plurality of queries; extracting candidate answers from the documents; validating candidate answers; composing an answer summary; sending the answer summary back to the mobile communication device, wherein the answer summary is limited to a predetermined size. The patent also describes an apparatus for mobile information access.
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16. A method of mobile information access, executed in a networked computer system comprising at least a mobile information access server and at least one information retrieval system, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a message from a mobile communication device; analyzing the received message; forming at least one query based on the message analysis; obtaining documents based on the query; extracting candidate answers from the obtained documents; validating candidate answers; composing an answer summary; and sending the answer summary back to the mobile communication device; wherein the answer summary is limited to a predetermined size. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An apparatus for mobile information access, comprising:
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a unit for receiving a message from a mobile communication device; a unit for analyzing the received message; a unit for forming at least one query based on the message analysis; a unit for obtaining documents based on the query; a unit for extracting candidate answers from the obtained documents; a unit for validating candidate answers; a unit for composing an answer summary, wherein the answer summary is limited to a predetermined size; and a unit for sending the answer summary back to the mobile communication device.
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