Method and apparatus for extracting meaning from documents using a meaning taxonomy comprising syntactic structures
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for extracting meaning from a plurality of documents, the method comprising:
- identifying, by a computer, a meaning taxonomy including a plurality of concepts;
identifying a plurality of meaning loaded entities within the meaning taxonomy;
identifying a group of syntactic structures including at least one normalized syntactic structure and a plurality of non-normalized syntactic structures, the at least one normalized syntactic structure being used to standardize the plurality of non-normalized syntactic structures;
associating the at least one normalized syntactic structure with at least one of the plurality of concepts;
associating at least one of the plurality of non-normalized syntactic structures with the at least one normalized syntactic structure; and
associating at least one of the plurality of documents with the at least one of the plurality of concepts based on a relationship between the at least one of the plurality of documents and the at least one of the plurality of non-normalized syntactic structures.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for an expert search engine. In one embodiment, a method may employ a computer based system to define a meaning taxonomy including one or more meaning loaded entities, associate documents to the meaning taxonomy based on a set of expert rules and the syntactic structures included in the documents and provide the results to a user. In another embodiment, a system includes interfaces for meaning taxonomy, expert rule and search criteria information. The information provided by these interfaces is then used to determine how a set of documents maps to meaning taxonomy to assist the user in locating documents that are most interesting from a meaning perspective and to provide a user with an interface to navigate the meaning taxonomy as it applies to the set of documents.
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15 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for extracting meaning from a plurality of documents, the method comprising:
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identifying, by a computer, a meaning taxonomy including a plurality of concepts; identifying a plurality of meaning loaded entities within the meaning taxonomy; identifying a group of syntactic structures including at least one normalized syntactic structure and a plurality of non-normalized syntactic structures, the at least one normalized syntactic structure being used to standardize the plurality of non-normalized syntactic structures; associating the at least one normalized syntactic structure with at least one of the plurality of concepts; associating at least one of the plurality of non-normalized syntactic structures with the at least one normalized syntactic structure; and associating at least one of the plurality of documents with the at least one of the plurality of concepts based on a relationship between the at least one of the plurality of documents and the at least one of the plurality of non-normalized syntactic structures. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable signals stored thereon that define instructions that, as a result of being executed by a computer, instruct the computer to perform a method for extracting meaning from a plurality of documents, the method comprising:
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identifying a meaning taxonomy including a plurality of concepts; identifying a plurality of meaning loaded entities within the meaning taxonomy; identifying a group of syntactic structures including at least one normalized syntactic structure and a plurality of non-normalized syntactic structures, the at least one normalized syntactic structure being used to standardize the plurality of non-normalized syntactic structures; associating the at least one normalized syntactic structure with at least one of the plurality of concepts; associating at least one of the plurality of non-normalized syntactic structures with the at least one normalized syntactic structure; and associating at least one of the plurality of documents with the at least one of the plurality of concepts based a relationship between the at least one of the plurality of documents and the at least one of the plurality of non-normalized syntactic structures.
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11. A computer-implemented method for configuring a meaning taxonomy including a plurality of concepts, the method comprising:
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providing, to the user in a display, an input component that allows the user to provide at least one non-normalized syntactic structure, the at least one non-normalized syntactic structure being associated with at least one normalized syntactic structure used to standardize non-normalized syntactic structures, the at least one normalized syntactic structure being associated with at least one of the plurality of concepts; receiving, from the user, the at least one non-normalized syntactic structure; providing, to the user in the display, an input component that allows the user to associate the at least one non-normalized syntactic structure with at least one meaning loaded entity; and receiving, from the user, the association between the at least one non-normalized syntactic structure and the at least one meaning loaded entity. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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