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Semantic search by means of word sense disambiguation using a lexicon

  • US 9,317,589 B2
  • Filed: 08/07/2008
  • Issued: 04/19/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method of filtering search results returned for a search query, wherein the search results include one or more documents, the method comprising:

  • identifying at least a first search term included in the search query;

    determining, by operation of one or more computer processors, a plurality of word usage senses associated with the first search term;

    selecting a first word usage sense from the plurality of word usage senses associated with the first search term for use in filtering the search results;

    filtering the search results to include only documents in which the first search term is used in a word usage sense matching the selected first word usage sense, wherein at least one document in which the first search term is used in a different word usage sense is filtered out of the search results; and

    returning the set of filtered search results as the search results for the search query.

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