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Language selection for information retrieval

US8639701B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateNov 18, 2011
Grant dateJan 28, 2014
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Expiry dateNov 18, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/3337
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for cross-language information retrieval. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include the actions of identifying a structured collection of documents, the collection of documents being organized according to a hierarchy of categories; extracting entities from structured collection of document; assigning language scores to each document in the collection of documents; assigning language scores to entities based on scores of associated documents of the collection of documents; and generating a mapping between entities and language scores.

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