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Corpus specific generative query completion assistant

US11573989B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 24, 2017
Grant dateFeb 7, 2023
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Expiry dateSep 26, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/951
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Representative embodiments disclose mechanisms to complete partial queries entered by a user. Users enter a partial query. The partial query is used to search a short text index comprising the titles of documents. The search yields a list results. The top k entries of the list are selected and a language model is created from the top k entries. The language model comprises n-grams from the top k entries and an associated probability for each n-gram. A query completion generator creates query completion suggestions by matching n-grams with the partial query, removing candidate suggestions that to not comply with suggestion rules, and filtering the remaining suggestions according to a filtering criteria. The top N results are returned as suggestions to complete the query.

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