Method, system, and appartus for selecting an acronym expansion
US9213690B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 29, 2010 |
| Grant date | Dec 15, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 20, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F40/284
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
According to one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of selecting an expansion for an acronym in a document of a set of linked documents. The method comprises obtaining for each occurrence of the acronym in the set of linked documents one or more possible acronym expansions and an associated probability that the one or more possible acronym expansions is the correct acronym expansion. The further comprises identifying a sub-set of documents from the set of linked documents in which the acronym occurs. The method further comprises recalculating the associated probabilities for a first occurrence of an acronym in the sub-set of documents based, in part, on the associated probabilities of other occurrences of the acronym in the sub-set of documents and the distance between the first occurrence and the other occurrences.
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