Patent ID: 9367608
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for searching information, comprising: receiving a query in a non-structured query language format comprising a text format or speech format; identifying a first term in the query; receiving an object-specific dataset associated with an object, wherein the object includes a physical or conceptual object or an object class, wherein the object and the object-specific dataset are associated with a name or description represented by a second term, wherein the object-specific dataset contains at least a third term, wherein the third term represents a name of a property associated with the object, or represents a term associated with the second term, wherein the third term is obtained from a text content containing a sentence associated with the second term using an automated text analysis method, wherein the third term is associated with an importance measure, the importance measure indicating the importance of the property in relation to the object, or serving as a criterion for including the third term as a term in the object-specific dataset; comparing the first term with the third term; if the first term matches the third term, selecting the second term; and outputting, in a text or speech format, the second term representing the object name or description at least in part as an answer to the query.