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AU5381698A - Method and apparatus for natural language querying and semantic searching of an information database - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for natural language querying and semantic searching of an information database

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AU5381698A
AU5381698A AU53816/98A AU5381698A AU5381698A AU 5381698 A AU5381698 A AU 5381698A AU 53816/98 A AU53816/98 A AU 53816/98A AU 5381698 A AU5381698 A AU 5381698A AU 5381698 A AU5381698 A AU 5381698A
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Prior art keywords
information database
natural language
language querying
semantic searching
semantic
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Abandoned
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AU53816/98A
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Bradley P Allen
John B. Jensen
Brian E. Ulicny
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Quarterdeck LLC
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Quarterdeck LLC
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F16/00—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
    • G06F16/30—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor of unstructured textual data
    • G06F16/33—Querying
    • G06F16/3331—Query processing
    • G06F16/334—Query execution
    • G06F16/3344—Query execution using natural language analysis
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F16/00—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
    • G06F16/20—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor of structured data, e.g. relational data
    • G06F16/24—Querying
    • G06F16/245—Query processing
    • G06F16/2452—Query translation
    • G06F16/24522—Translation of natural language queries to structured queries

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Artificial Intelligence (AREA)
  • Computational Linguistics (AREA)
  • Data Mining & Analysis (AREA)
  • Databases & Information Systems (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Machine Translation (AREA)
AU53816/98A 1996-12-04 1997-12-04 Method and apparatus for natural language querying and semantic searching of an information database Abandoned AU5381698A (en)

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US76069196A 1996-12-04 1996-12-04
US08760691 1996-12-04
PCT/US1997/022943 WO1998025217A1 (en) 1996-12-04 1997-12-04 Method and apparatus for natural language querying and semantic searching of an information database

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AU5381698A true AU5381698A (en) 1998-06-29

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EP (1) EP1016003A1 (en)
AU (1) AU5381698A (en)
CA (1) CA2273902A1 (en)
WO (1) WO1998025217A1 (en)

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