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Concept expansion using tables

US10769140B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 29, 2015
Grant dateSep 8, 2020
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Expiry dateDec 2, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/9024
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Concept expansion using tables, such as web tables, can return entities belonging to a concept based on an input of the concept and at least one seed entity that belongs to the concept. A concept expansion frontend can receive the concept and seed entity and provide them to a concept expansion framework. The concept expansion framework can expand the coverage of entities for concepts, including tail concepts, using tables by leveraging rich content signals corresponding to concept names. Such content signals can include content matching the concept that appear in captions, early headings, page titles, surrounding text, anchor text, and queries for which the page has been clicked. The concept expansion framework can use the structured entities in tables to infer exclusive tables. Such inference differs from previous label propagation methods and involves modeling a table-entity relationship. The table-entity relationship reduces semantic drift without using a reference ontology.

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