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Context based system for accessing dictionary entries
Assignee: Benhov GmbH LLC
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Filing: 1997-07-23
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Granted: 1998-12-01
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Expires: 2017-07-23
Abstract
Abstract A context-based dictionary entry access system includes selecting and rang an entry based on the part-of-speech assigned to the given word in a sentence. The entries corresponding to the word in context are first selected, followed by availability of entries that are not relevant to the current context. The part of speech of the given word in context is selected based on the utilization of a part-of-speech tagger such that only those entries are selected in which the corresponding word makes syntactic sense in the sentence.
Inventors
- 👤 Yves Schabes
- 👤 Andrew R. Golding
- 👤 Emmanuel Roche
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 08:58
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F40/00; G06F40/20; G06F40/205; G06F40/211; G06F40/232; G06F40/237; G06F40/242; G06F40/253; G06F40/268; G06F40/40; G06F40/55; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99931; Y10S707/99937
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
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A method for providing rapid and convenient presentation of dictionary definitions of a word in a sentence so as to minimize the time necessary to ascertain the appropriate definition of said word from a list of possible definitions of said word, comprising the steps of: providing a dictionary of definitions of words listed by parts of speech; tagging the words in said sentence so as to obtain the part of speech of said word; and, looking up that definition of said word corresponding to the part of speech thereof in said sentence in said dictionary and displaying multiple definitions of said word, with the dictionary definition corresponding to the part of speech of said word displayed first, thus to provide a convenient context-based dictionary lookup method.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
126 words
A method for providing rapid and convenient presentation of dictionary definitions of a word in a sentence so as to minimize the time necessary to ascertain the appropriate definition of said word from a list of possible definitions of said word, comprising the steps of: providing a dictionary of definitions of words listed by parts of speech; tagging the words in said sentence so as to obtain the part of speech of said word; and, looking up that definition of said word corresponding to the part of speech thereof in said sentence in said dictionary and displaying multiple definitions of said word, with the dictionary definition corresponding to the part of speech of said word displayed first, thus to provide a convenient context-based dictionary lookup method.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
US5278980A
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