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Collection and storage of a personalized, searchable, unstructured corpora

  • US 9,524,320 B2
  • Filed: 05/25/2015
  • Issued: 12/20/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2014
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method, in an information handling system comprising a processor and a memory, of utilizing unstructured corpora, the method comprising:

  • receiving, from a first user, a question at a question answering (QA) system;

    identifying a set of one or more second users that are subjects of the question;

    generating a private corpora associated with the first user, wherein the private corpora is generated from a first set of one or more private data stores associated with a first user and a second set of one or more private data stores associated with the set of one or more second users, wherein access to the second set of private data stores is provided to the first user by the set of second users;

    retrieving responsive data to the question from the private corpora, wherein the responsive data is ranked based on a relevance to the question;

    identifying one or more likely answers based on the ranked responsive data; and

    providing the one or more likely answers to the first user.

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