Patent ID: 7225199
Filing Date: 2007-05-29
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. The method for use in facilitating electronic communication between first and second data systems, wherein said first data system operates in a first semantic environment defined by at least one of linguistics and syntax, specific to said first semantic environment, relating to the subject matter of an electronic communication under consideration, said electronic communication having a machine format and a content, wherein said content includes human directed information, said method comprising the steps of: providing a computer-based processing tool operating on a computer system; first using said computer-based processing tool to access said communication and convert at least a term of said first communication between said first semantic environment and a second semantic environment that is different from said first semantic environment, said term comprising a portion of said content; second using said computer-based processing tool to associate a classification with one of said first term and said converted term of said communication, said classification identifying said one of said first term and said converted term as belonging to a same class as at least one other term based on a shared characteristic of said at least one other term and said one of said first term and said converted term; and third using said classification to process said electronic communication under consideration.