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Method and apparatus for automated search and retrieval process

  • US 5,680,628 A
  • Filed: 07/19/1995
  • Issued: 10/21/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/19/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A data processing method for identifying noun phrases in a stream of words, the method comprising the steps of:

  • extracting a sequence of tokens from the stream,storing the sequence of tokens in a first memory element,determining the most probable part-of-speech tag and grammatical features for each token, andidentifying parts of a noun phrase by inspecting the part-of-speech tags and the grammatical features of a window of extracted tokens, the window of extracted tokens, including a selected candidate token and a first token preceding the selected candidate token and a second token following the selected candidate token.

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