Patent ID: 9292494
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: G06F,G06N

Claim Text:
1. A method of segmenting a free text document into functional sections, wherein said document comprises a plurality of functional sections, each of said plurality of functional sections representing a sub-topic, the method being performed by a processing device and a memory encoded with instructions that are executed by the processing device, the method comprising: a) dividing the document into a plurality of paragraphs, b) determining for each paragraph of said plurality of paragraphs a probability that each label of a plurality of human-applied labels is appropriate for the paragraph by: c) assigning to each paragraph the label determined in act (b) to have the highest probability, d) grouping any sequence of one or more sequential paragraphs with the same assigned label as a single functional section, e) either assigning or not assigning each paragraph of said plurality of paragraphs to said single functional section based on said probability, each of acts (a) through (e) being performed on each paragraph of said plurality of paragraphs for each of said plurality of functional sections to provide a segmented free text document, and storing the segmented free text document in a computer based storage system.