Patent ID: 11868883
Assignee: nan
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 10:
11. A method of searching a database, comprising:
receiving a natural language search query having a type;
detecting an ordered set of words within the natural language search query;
linking the set of words found within the natural language search query to a corresponding set of expected words, the set of expected words having semantic attributes;
detecting a set of semantic attributes represented in the natural language search query, based on:
the type of the received natural language search query,
the ordered set of words, and
the semantic attributes of the corresponding set of expected words;

searching for a record in the database comprising words having semantic attributes having corresponding meaning to the detected set of semantic attributes represented in the natural language search query;
outputting at least one of a record locator or the record comprising words having semantic attributes having corresponding meaning to the detected set of semantic attributes represented in the natural language search query.