Patent Document ID: 8280898
Application ID: 13477238

Base Claim:
1. A named entity dictionary update apparatus using a named entity dictionary and a mining rule combined with an ontology schema, the apparatus comprising: a named entity dictionary and mining rule database storage module for storing the named entity dictionary where a named entity of a terminology combined with the ontology schema and connected to a concept (class) is defined and a mining rule database where the mining rule configured with an RDF triple and a mining pattern combined with the ontology schema and connected to a relationship name is defined; a named entity and mining rule search module for searching for a corresponding mining rule and a named entity from the mining rule database and the named entity dictionary using a terminology included in an inputted mining pattern and the mining pattern; and a named entity dictionary update module for estimating a named entity of the terminology using the mining rule and storing the estimated named entity of the terminology in the named entity dictionary depending on a user's selection, if a named entity corresponding to the terminology is not searched from the named entity dictionary and the mining rule corresponding to the mining pattern is searched from the mining rule database.

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Claim 3:
3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the named entity and mining rule search module includes: a named entity search unit for searching for the named entity of the terminology from the named entity dictionary; and a mining rule search unit for searching for the mining rule corresponding to the mining pattern from the mining rule database.