On-line help method and system utilizing free text query

Details On-line help method and system utilizing free text query On-line help method and system utilizing free text query

1995-03-07

1997-12-02

Kulik, Paul V.

395603, 395758, 395759, G06F 1728, G06F 1730

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056945590

ABSTRACT:
An improved free text query method and system is provided as part of an improved on-line help system. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the on-line help system provides a free text query system that performs partial analysis. The partial analysis performed by the preferred embodiment includes identifying keywords within input provided by the user, performing disambiguation analysis, performing definiteness analysis, performing capitalization analysis, and generating a ranked list of candidates according to a probability associated with each candidate. In addition, the preferred embodiment of the present invention is internationalizable. That is, the present invention is easily ported between different languages.

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