Patent ID: 8560300
Filing Date: 2013-10-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for correcting error in digital text using fact repositories, comprising: searching computer data repository storing information for one or more relevant facts associated with input digital text; extracting one or more facts postulated in the input digital text; comparing said one or more facts postulated in the input digital text with said one or more relevant facts; analyzing one or more differences between said one or more facts postulated in the input digital text and said one or more relevant facts resulting from the comparing step; and transforming the input digital text into corrected digital text by correcting the input digital text using evidence resulting from the analyzing step, wherein the analyzing further comprises producing a score identifying a degree of inconsistency between said one or more facts postulated in the input digital text and said one or more relevant facts, and the transforming further comprises highlighting the corrected digital text in a manner to indicate a certainty level of correction.