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Contextual question answering using human chat logs

US11443117B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 19, 2019
Grant dateSep 13, 2022
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Expiry dateJun 25, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F40/284
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system includes a memory having instructions therein and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: receive a natural language question; determine, from a chat log comprising a plurality of chat session logs, a set of chat session logs most relevant to the natural language question; determine a respective plurality of non-overlapping text spans most relevant to the natural language question within each of a respective plurality of conceptual pseudo-documents; determine a conceptual pseudo-document most relevant to the natural language question; extract a question-answer pair most relevant to the natural language question from the most relevant pseudo-document; and convey the most relevant question-answer pair to a user. Each one of the conceptual pseudo-documents corresponds to a respective one of the most relevant chat session logs.

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