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Text abstraction method and apparatus

US5691708A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 14, 1995
Grant dateNov 25, 1997
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Expiry dateAug 14, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/345
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A text message abstraction system and method allowing for the selection of important pieces of information based upon a number of criteria and for the removal of unnecessary components of a message. The abstraction system of the present invention is provided with an input message, a command set and a maximum message length and attempts to generate a message conveying all of the important information contained within the text message but within the maximum message length constraint.

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