Method and apparatus for processing queries
CA 2389186 A1 · Owner: British Telecommunications Public Limited Company · Inventors: Preston, Keith Robert
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Apparatus for processing queries, which queries may be expressed in natural language, the apparatus comprising: (i) decoding means for decoding a query into one or more semantically meaningful query elements; (ii) accessing means for accessing data storage, which data storage includes at least one annotation element and one or more corresponding data entries; (iii) identifying means for identifying annotation elements in accordance with the semantically meaningful query elements; and (iv) retrieval means for retrieving at least one data entry corresponding to each identified annotation element.
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- Filed October 23, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 23, 2020.
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