Jabba-type contextual tagger

• US 9,530,094 B2
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Issued: 12/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: R2 Solutions LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Coalson, Josh
• Primary Examiner(s): Chaki, Kakali
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nilsson, Eric
• Application Number:
  US13/843,666
• Publication Number:
  US 20140279804A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,383 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/02 Knowledge representation; Symbolic representation

Abstract

Example methods, apparatuses, or articles of manufacture are disclosed that may be implemented, in whole or in part, using one or more computing devices to facilitate or otherwise support one or more processes or operations for a Jabba-type contextual tagger.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

electronically applying a tagging scheme to generate one or more labels with respect to one or more sequences of candidate atoms, said tagging scheme is applied without utilizing one or more machine-learned models, and further comprising;

accessing one or more digital signals representative of a rule defining said one or more sequences of candidate atoms; and

generating one or more digital signals representative of said one or more labels based, at least in part, on one or more slot actions specifying said one or more sequences of said candidate atoms via one or more Jabba language constructs or patterns descriptive of one or more named terms corresponding to at least one of the following;

a match expression;

a sequence;

a call;

or any combination thereof, and having at least one slot name associated with said rule.

2. The method of claim 1, and further comprising electronically tagging at least one of said candidate atoms with at least one of said one or more labels based, at least in part, on a match with respect to at least one entire sequence of said one or more sequences of said candidate atoms.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said tagging comprises associating at least one attribute with said at least one of said one or more labels.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein said attribute comprises a string key associated with a JSON-type value.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of said candidate atoms are associated with at least one of the following:

a search query;

a structured text accessible over an electronic network;

or any combination thereof.

6. The method of claim 1, and further comprising electronically associating at least one additional attribute with said at least one of said one or more labels.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said one or more labels comprises one or more contextual labels.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said rule is defined via Jabba language.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said tagging scheme is applied in connection with a language compiler.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein said language compiler comprises a Jabba language-type compiler.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein said tagging scheme is applied in connection at least one tokenization operation with respect to a search query.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein said at least one tokenization operation comprises transforming said search query into at least one of the following:

at least one of said candidate atoms;

said one or more sequences of said candidate atoms;

or any combination thereof.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein said one or more digital signals representative of said rule is associated with at least one of the following:

a data file internal to a language compiler;

a data file external to a language compiler;

or any combination thereof.

14. An apparatus comprising:

a computing platform comprising at least one processor to;

electronically apply a tagging scheme to generate one or more labels with respect to one or more sequences of candidate atoms, said tagging scheme is to be applied without a utilization of one or more machine-learned models, wherein said at least one processor further to;

access one or more digital signals to represent a rule to define said one or more sequences of candidate atoms; and

generate one or more digital signals to represent said one or more labels to be based, at least in part, on one or more slot actions to specify said one or more sequences of said candidate atoms via one or more Jabba language constructs or patterns descriptive of one or more named terms corresponding to at least one of the following;

a match expression;

a sequence;

a call;

or any combination thereof, and to have at least one slot name associated with said rule.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein said at least one processor further to electronically tag at least one of said candidate atoms with at least one of said one or more labels to be based, at least in part, on a match with respect to at least one entire sequence of said one or more sequences of candidate atoms.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein said at least one processor further to electronically associate at least one additional attribute with said at least one of said one or more labels.

17. An article comprising:

a non-transitory storage medium having instructions stored thereon executable by a special purpose computing platform to;

electronically apply a tagging scheme to generate one or more labels with respect to one or more sequences of candidate atoms, said tagging scheme is to be applied without a utilization of one or more machine-learned models, wherein said instructions further to;

access one or more digital signals to represent a rule to define said one or more sequences of candidate atoms; and

generate one or more digital signals to represent said one or more labels to be based, at least in part, on one or more slot actions to specify said one or more sequences of said candidate atoms via one or more Jabba language constructs or patterns descriptive of one or more named terms corresponding to at least one of the following;

a match expression;

a sequence;

a call;

or any combination thereof, and to have at least one slot name associated with said rule.

18. The article of claim 17, wherein said non-transitory storage medium further includes instructions to electronically tag at least one of said candidate atoms with at least one of said one or more labels to be based, at least in part, on a match with respect to at least one entire sequence of said one or more sequences of candidate atoms.

19. The article of claim 17, wherein said non-transitory storage medium further includes instructions to electronically associate at least one additional attribute with said at least one of said one or more labels.