Patent ID: 7899822
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of associating a text document with relevant structured data, said method comprising: receiving, from a user, a text document; parsing, by a computer, said text document to identify a set of terms; receiving, from said user, an entity template that provides a set of entities stored in a relational database, said entity template corresponding to a rooted tree comprising nodes, including a root node and other nodes, and an edge, wherein: identifying, by said computer, all context tables having at least one of said terms from said set of terms of said text document; identifying, by said computer, all terms of said set of terms found in said context tables associated with each of said entities; weighting, by said computer, each term of said set of terms based on an inverse document frequency of said text document; scoring, by said computer, an annotation of said text document, wherein: identifying, by said computer, a maximal annotation score from all annotation scores for said set of entities; and outputting, by said computer, said annotation corresponding to said maximal annotation score to said user.