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Learning method and system based on questioning

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  • US 6,501,937 B1
  • Filed: 07/02/1999
  • Issued: 12/31/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/02/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of providing a user with information on a subject depending on the user asking a subject-related natural-language question, the method comprising the step of:

  • presenting, by a first system, a response to the subject-related natural-language question entered by the user into the first system, with the response being generated by a second system connected through a network to the first system, the second system for generating the response, the response being generated by steps including;

    analyzing the quesion to identify at least one component using at least one grammatical rule in the second system; and

    transforming at least one component of the question into at least one instruction using at least one semantic rule in the second system, so as to inform the user about the subject;

    wherein;

    if the quesion can have more than one responses, the method further comprises the step of having at least a second response available to be presented to the user; and

    the network includes the Internet.

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