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Natural language search results for intent queries

US9448992B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 4, 2013
Grant dateSep 20, 2016
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Expiry dateSep 15, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F40/258
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods provide natural language search results to clear-intent queries. To provide the natural language search results, a system may parse a document from an authoritative source to generate at least one heading-text pair, the text appearing under the heading in the document. The system may assign a topic and a question category to the heading-text pair and store the heading-text pair in a data store keyed by the topic and the question category. The system determines that a query corresponds to the topic and the question category, and provides the heading-text pair as a natural language search result for the query. In some implementations, the text portion of the heading-text pair may be a paragraph or a list of items and the natural language search result may be provided with conventional snippet-based search results in response to the query.

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