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Identifying language of origin for words using estimates of normalized appearance frequency

US7689408B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

Yi Chen · Redmond, US
Min Chu · Beijing, CN
Jiali You · Beijing, CN
Frank Kao-Ping Soong · Beijing, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 1, 2006
Grant date	Mar 30, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 22, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F40/263
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The language of origin of a word or named entity is predicted using estimates of frequency of occurrence of the word or named entity in different languages. In one embodiment, the normalized frequency of occurrence of the word or named entity in a variety of different languages is estimated and the values are used as features in a feature vector which is scored and used to identify language of origin.

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