Patent ID: 7555427
Filing Date: 2009-06-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, using a computer, word senses represented as semantic positions in a semantic space; grouping, using the computer, the word senses into plural clusters based on semantic positions of the word senses in the semantic space; providing, using the computer, labels for the respective clusters, the labels corresponding to topics of a topic list, wherein the topics are associated with corresponding semantic positions; receiving, using the computer, input text associated with a semantic position; and accessing, using the computer, the topic list to assign one or more topics in the topic list to the input text based on the semantic position of the input text and based on the semantic positions of the topics in the topic list; wherein assigning the one or more topics to the input text, is based on comparing the semantic position of the input text to the semantic positions of the topics in the topic list.