Patents
US 9704099 B2: Providing computable guidance to relevant evidence in question-answering systems
- Granted
- 2017-07-11
- Filed
- 2016-07-25 application 15218510
- Type
- Utility · 10 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A computer-based system includes a computer-processable definition of a region in a data set. The system identifies a region of the data set based on the definition of the region. The system provides output to a user representing a question and the identified region of the data set. The system may also automatically generate an answer to the question based on the question and the data set, and provide output to the user representing the answer. The system may generate the answer based on a subset of the data set, and provide output to the user representing the subset of the data set. The user may provide feedback on the first answer to the system, which the system may use to improve subsequent answers to the same and other questions, and to disable the system's automatic question-answering function in response to disagreement between the user and the system.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg170711.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMODAL IP LLC 47 patents | US company or organization | Franklin, TN | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detlef Koll | Pittsburgh, PA | 47 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Thomas Polzin | Pittsburgh, PA | 7 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06N | Computing arrangements based on specific computational models | G06N5/048 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06F | Electric digital data processing | G06F9/453 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06Q | Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes; systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not otherwise provided for | G06Q30/04 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G09B | Educational or demonstration appliances; appliances for teaching, or communicating with, the blind, deaf or mute; models; planetaria; globes; maps; diagrams | G09B7/02 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-01 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY signed 2024-02-01 | SOLVENTUM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES COMPANY MAPLEWOOD, MN | 66435/347 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2021-10-22 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | MMODAL IP LLC signed 2021-05-06 | 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY SAINT PAUL, MN | 57883/129 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2016-07-26 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | KOLL, DETLEF signed 2012-07-31 POLZIN, THOMAS signed 2012-07-31 | MMODAL IP LLC FRANKLIN, TN | 39255/396 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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