Patent Document ID: 8583580
Application ID: 13012395

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for extracting meaning from a plurality of documents, the method comprising: identifying, by a computer, a meaning taxonomy including a plurality of selected concepts; identifying a group of syntactic structures including at least one syntactic structure; associating at least one of the group of syntactic structures with at least one selected concept of the plurality of selected concepts; applying at least one expert rule selected from a group of expert rules to at least one document of the plurality of documents, the group of expert rules being associated with the at least one selected concept, the at least one expert rule including a plurality of logical propositions, at least one logical proposition of the plurality of logical propositions including an evaluation of whether an association exists between one or more of the group of syntactic structures associated with the at least one selected concept and one or more syntactic structures included in the at least one document of the plurality of documents; and associating, responsive to existence of the association, the at least one document of the plurality of documents with the at least one selected concept of the plurality of selected concepts.

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Claim 10:
10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein associating the at least one of the group of syntactic structures with the at least one selected concept of the plurality of selected concepts comprises: associating at least one normalized syntactic structure with the at least one selected concept of the plurality of selected concepts; and associating at least one non-normalized syntactic structure with the at least one normalized syntactic structure; wherein associating the at least one document of the plurality of documents comprises associating the at least one document of the plurality of documents with at least one selected concept of the plurality of selected concepts based on an association between the at least one document of the plurality of documents and at least one non-normalized syntactic structure of the group of syntactic structures.