Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database and file access
Reexamination Certificate
2011-04-05
2011-04-05
Fleurantin, Jean B. (Department: 2162)
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database and file access
C707S706000, C707S736000, C707S758000, C707S769000, C704S009000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07921091
ABSTRACT:
A system and method for providing a natural language interface to a database or the Internet. The method provides a response from a database to a natural language query. The method comprises receiving a user query, extracting key data from the user query, submitting the extracted key data to a data base search engine to retrieve a top n pages from the data base, processing of the top n pages through a natural language dialog engine and providing a response based on processing the top n pages.
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Cox Richard Vandervoort
Eslambolchi Hossein
Nadji Behzad
Rahim Mazin G.
AT&T Intellectual Property II L.P.
Fleurantin Jean B.
Jami Hares
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