Patent Document ID: 20140164304
Application ID: 13710708
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A computerized device comprising: a processor comprising a computerized question-answer system performing a plurality of question answering processes; a user interface operatively connected to said processor, said user interface receiving a question into said question-answer system; and a tangible storage device operatively connected to said processor, said tangible storage device storing a corpus of data comprising a plurality of natural language documents, said processor: automatically constructing a plurality of title-oriented documents from said corpus of data, each said title-oriented document comprising a title and at least one topical field, said at least one topical field comprising a field name and field content associated with said at least one topical field of at least one document in said corpus of data, automatically creating at least one relation instance by combining a field identifier for said at least one topical field, a title concept identifier, and a corresponding field content concept identifier, automatically analyzing terms in said question to identify at least one question topic term and at least one question content identifier based on previously established question term categories, automatically comparing said question topic term and said question content identifier to at least one of said at least one relation instance to identify at least one question-matching relation instance, and automatically generating at least one answer to said question by identifying said title concept identifier of each said question-matching relation instance as a candidate answer to said question.