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Taxonomy-based object classification

US8095539B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

finebrain.com AG · CH

Inventors

Thomas Morscher · Wien, AT
Wolfgang Loffler · Basel, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 22, 2010
Grant date	Jan 10, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 30, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S707/956
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Objects, such as documents, are classified according to a taxonomy. The taxonomy includes nodes, corresponding to object classes, arranged in a hierarchy. Class keywords are associated with the nodes. Search strings are formed for the classes by traversing the taxonomic branches and concatenating the keywords associated with the classes. For each object to be classified, a search engine is used to perform searches on the object using the search strings. The searches produce search scores for each search string. Each object is classified by identifying the class(es) corresponding to the highest search score(s) for the object, and classifying the object into the identified class(es).

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