Word mapping

• US 9,734,141 B2
• Filed: 09/22/2015
• Issued: 08/15/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2015
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Monica Chang, Yang Chang
• Original Assignee: Monica Chang
• Inventors: Chang, Yang, Chang, Monica
• Primary Examiner(s): Paula, Cesar
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, LUU-PHUONG T
• Application Number:
  US14/860,893
• Publication Number:
  US 20170083492A1
• Time in Patent Office: 693 Days
• Field of Search: 715271
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3344 using natural language analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/205 Parsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/247 Thesauruses; Synonyms
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/279 Recognition of textual entities
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/30 Semantic analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/40 Processing or translation of natural language natural language analysis G06F40/20; semantic analysis G06F40/30
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/00 Maps; Plans; Charts; Diagrams, e.g. route diagram star maps G09B27/04; devices for holding or supporting maps A47B97/02; for computing purposes G06G1/14, G09B1/16; display boards G09F
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/1822 Parsing for meaning understanding
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/183 using context dependencies, e.g. language models
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence

Abstract

A word mapping method is provided, based on a plurality of connections between a plurality of words as generated by an individual or group, the map being formed based on connections between words provided by an individual or individuals. The resultant word map may be used for various purposes including cognitive diagnoses, sentence structure optimization of documents, and the like.

Claims

1. A computerized method for forming a word map comprising the steps of:

identifying a subject to form the word map for;

providing, by a computer, the subject with a base word;

recording, using the computer, a plurality of related words that the subject provides based on the base word;

recording, using the computer, a second plurality of words provided by the subject related to each of the plurality of related words;

providing, by the computer, the subject with a second base word;

recording, using the computer, a third plurality of related words that the subject provides based on the base word;

recording, using the computer, a fourth plurality of words provided by the subject related to each of the plurality of related words;

plotting, by the computer, each of the recorded plurality, second plurality, third plurality, and fourth plurality of words, and connecting, using a visual link, a connection of all of the recorded words as recorded, such that a first word links to the word to which it relates, and has links to other related words as provided by the subject;

identifying, using the computer, a word of a sentence in a document to be optimized, the word having a preceding word and a following word, the optimizing comprising replacing the identified word with a replacement word;

the step of optimizing comprising;

identifying, by the computer on the plot formed by the computer, a shortest path along the plurality of links between the preceding word, and the following word;

identifying, by the computer, a word along the identified shortest path having a greatest number of links connecting to and from it on the plot formed by the computer;

selecting, by the computer, the identified word along the identified shortest path having the greatest number of links connecting to and from it as the replacement word;

replacing the identified word with the selected replacement word automatically in the document by the computer;

identifying, using the computer, a word of a second sentence in the document to be optimized, wherein the word is a first word in the second sentence or a last word in the second sentence, the word having one of a preceding word and a following word, the optimizing comprising replacing the word with a second replacement word;

the step of optimizing comprising;

identifying, by the computer, a plurality of words of the plot that connect by one link to the preceding if the identified word is the last word in the sentence, or the following word if the identified word is the first word in the sentence;

selecting a second replacement word, automatically by the computer by the computer selecting one of the plurality of words identified having a greatest number of links connecting to it; and

replacing the identified word with the selected second replacement word automatically in the document by the computer.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of:

identifying a second subject to form the word map for;

providing, by the computer, the second subject with the base word;

recording, using the computer, a plurality of related words that the second subject provides based on the base word;

recording, using the computer, a second plurality of words provided by the second subject related to each of the plurality of related words;

providing, by the computer, the second subject with the second base word;

recording, using the computer, a third plurality of related words that the second subject provides based on the base word;

recording, using the computer, a fourth plurality of words provided by the second subject related to each of the plurality of related words;

plotting, by the computer, on the same plot as for the subject, each of the recorded plurality, second plurality, third plurality, and fourth plurality of words, and connecting, using a visual link, a connection of all of the recorded words as recorded, such that a first word links to the word to which it relates, and has links to other related words as provided by the subject.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the second subject is a group of individuals.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the computer is configured to identify each word from the subject using a speech recognition, and is configured to automatically map and link the words received.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the computer is configured to automatically identify at least one of a plurality of shapes to which the plot generated relates.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of:

obtaining a word string comprising a plurality of words in order by the computer;

identifying on the generated word map each word of the word string, by the computer;

identifying a degree of each identified word on the word map; and

constructing a numerization string based on the identified degree, the numerization string being a listing of the identified degree of each word of the word string in the same order as the word string.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein each of the links is a directional link, having a direction from the base word to one of the plurality of words.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of removing words plotted from the plot, automatically by the computer, and leaving only a node and links to connected nodes.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of using the computer to identify each of a plurality of shortest distances between each word linked on the plot.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising the step of using the computer to identify a number of links to and from each word plotted.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising the step of generating, using the computer, a numerical string that corresponds to the base word and the second base word, the numerical string comprising the identified number of links to and from the base word, and the second base word.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the numerical string further comprising a reciprocal of the sum of the identified shortest distances between the base word and all other identified words, and a reciprocal of the sum of the identified shortest distances between the second base word and all other identified words.

13. A method for replacing a word in a sentence automatically using a computer comprising the steps of:

identifying a subject to form the word map for;

providing, by a computer, the subject with a base word;

recording, using the computer, a plurality of related words that the subject provides based on the base word;

recording, using the computer, a second plurality of words provided by the subject related to each of the plurality of related words;

providing, by the computer, the subject with a second base word;

recording, using the computer, a third plurality of related words that the subject provides based on the base word;

recording, using the computer, a fourth plurality of words provided by the subject related to each of the plurality of related words;

plotting, by the computer, each of the recorded plurality, second plurality, third plurality, and fourth plurality of words, and connecting, using a link, a connection of all of the recorded words as recorded, such that a first word links to the word to which it relates, and also links to other words through the word to which it relates, and has links to other related words as provided by the subject;

identifying, using the computer, a word of a sentence in a document to be optimized, the word having a preceding word and a following word, the optimizing comprising replacing the identified word with a replacement word;

the step of optimizing comprising;

identifying, by the computer on the plot formed by the computer, a shortest path along the plurality of links between the preceding word, and the following word;

identifying, by the computer, a word along the identified shortest path having a greatest number of links connecting to and from it on the plot formed by the computer;

selecting, by the computer, the identified word along the identified shortest path having the greatest number of links connecting to and from it as the replacement word;

replacing the identified word with the selected replacement word automatically in the document by the computer.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the subject is a group of individuals, wherein each of the base word and second base word are read to each individual, wherein the plurality of words, second, third and fourth plurality of words are all recorded from the group of individuals.

15. The method of claim 13 wherein the step of identifying the word to be optimized comprises the steps of:

identifying each word of the sentence, using the computer on the word plot formed by the computer;

wherein if any of the words of the sentence has a number of links to and from it that are below a predetermined number, the word is selected for optimization, and wherein if any of the words of the sentence has the number of links to and from it that are above the predetermined number, the word is not selected for optimization.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising the step of performing the identifying, selecting, and replacing step for each sentence of the document.

17. The method of claim 13 wherein the step of replacing the identified word is performed for all instances of the word in the document.

18. A method for replacing a word in a sentence automatically using a computer comprising the steps of:

identifying a subject to form the word map for;

providing, by a computer, the subject with a base word;

recording, using the computer, a plurality of related words that the subject provides based on the base word;

recording, using the computer, a second plurality of words provided by the subject related to each of the plurality of related words;

providing, by the computer, the subject with a second base word;

recording, using the computer, a third plurality of related words that the subject provides based on the base word;

recording, using the computer, a fourth plurality of words provided by the subject related to each of the plurality of related words;

plotting, by the computer, each of the recorded plurality, second plurality, third plurality, and fourth plurality of words, and connecting, using a link, a connection of all of the recorded words as recorded, such that a first word links to the word to which it relates, and also links to other words through the word to which it relates, and has links to other related words as provided by the subject;

identifying, using the computer, a word of a sentence in a document to be optimized, wherein the word is a first word in a sentence or a last word in a sentence, the word having one of a preceding word and a following word, the optimizing comprising replacing the word with a replacement word;

the step of optimizing comprising;

identifying, by the computer, a plurality of words of the plot that connect by one link to the preceding if the identified word is the last word in the sentence, or the following word if the identified word is the first word in the sentence;

selecting a replacement word, automatically by the computer by the computer selecting one of the plurality of words identified having a greatest number of links connecting to it; and

replacing the identified word with the selected replacement word automatically in the document by the computer.

19. The method of claim 18 further comprising the step of performing the identifying, selecting, and replacing step for each sentence of the document.

20. The method of claim 18 wherein the subject is a group of individuals, wherein each of the base word and second base word are read to each individual, wherein the plurality of words, second, third and fourth plurality of words are all recorded from the group of individuals, and wherein the process of optimizing comprises optimizing the document for readability by the group of individuals.