Patent ID: 8065290
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for responding to a factual query performed by a computer system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors to perform the method, the method comprising: receiving a user-formulated factual query, the factual query including one or more query terms; identifying, from a fact repository, factual information that answers the factual query, the factual information including one or more factual answer terms, wherein the fact repository includes a plurality of objects, the plurality of objects including a respective object having a list of one or more of sources of the factual information, wherein the factual information is stored within the objects of the fact repository; searching a document database distinct from the fact repository to identify one or more documents matching the user-formulated factual query; and generating a response including both the factual information is from the fact repository, and information, distinct from the factual information, identifying at least a subset of the documents identified from the document database.