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Method for extracting knowledge from online documentation and creating a glossary, index, help database or the like

  • US 5,799,268 A
  • Filed: 09/28/1994
  • Issued: 08/25/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a computer system having access to online documentation, a method of extracting knowledge from said online documentation, comprising the steps of:

  • a) linguistically analyzing and annotating text of said online documentation to create a linguistically analyzed and annotated text;

    b) mining said linguistically analyzed and annotated text for text representative of said online documentation, including the steps of;

    i) searching for syntactic patterns indicative of key terms and maintaining a list of said key terms;

    ii) searching for syntactic patterns indicative of manifestations of a domain primitive involving one of said key terms and maintaining a list of said manifestations; and

    iii) analyzing said list of said manifestations to determine said manifestations that are representative of said online documentation on the basis of frequency of their occurrence; and

    c) combining said list of said key terms and said list of said manifestations that are representative of said online documentation in a domain catalog.

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