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User interface for facts query engine with snippets from information sources that include query terms and answer terms

  • US 8,650,175 B2
  • Filed: 07/13/2012
  • Issued: 02/11/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for responding to a factual query performed by a computer system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors to perform the method, the method comprising:

  • responsive to receiving a user-formulated factual query;

    identifying, from a fact repository, factual information that answers the factual query, wherein the fact repository includes a plurality of objects;

    invoking a process in a search engine to search a document database distinct from the fact repository using the user-formulated factual query to identify one or more documents matching the user-formulated factual query; and

    generating a response including;

    (i) the factual information from the fact repository, and(ii) information identifying at least a subset of the documents identified from the document database.

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