Patent ID: 11899675
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. A method, comprising:
in response to a received query, dividing a document into multiple sections that each comprise a portion of the document;
processing, by processing circuitry, each section separately to determine a first score that indicates the section provides an answer to the received query;
processing, by the processing circuitry, each section separately to determine a second score that indicates the section provides an answer to the received query;
processing each section in a subset of sections separately to determine whether a section provides an answer to the received query, wherein each section in the subset of sections is included in the subset of sections based on a ranking of a combination of the first score and the second score, wherein the processing of each section further comprising:
separating a section into sentences;
encoding, by the processing circuitry, each sentence in the section and the received query;
processing, by the processing circuitry, the encoded sentences to determine one or more relevant sentences in the section that are relevant to the encoded query;
for each of the one or more relevant sentences, comparing a relevant sentence to the encoded query to produce a third score; and

selecting a predicted answer to the received query based on each third score.