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20090259629 | ABBREVIATION HANDLING IN WEB SEARCH - A method for handling abbreviations in web queries includes building a dictionary of a plurality of possible word expansions for a plurality of potential abbreviations related to query terms received or anticipated to be received by a search engine; accepting a query including an abbreviation; expanding the abbreviation into one of the plurality of word expansions if a probability that the expansion is correct is above a threshold value, wherein the probability is determined by taking into consideration a context of the abbreviation within the query, wherein the context including at least anchor text; and sending the query with the expanded abbreviation to the search engine to generate a search results page related to the query. | 10-15-2009 |
20100191758 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED SEARCH RELEVANCE USING PROXIMITY BOOSTING - A system and method for improved search relevance using proximity boosting. A query for a web search is received from a user, via a network, wherein the query comprises a plurality of query tokens. One or more concepts are identified in the query wherein each of concepts comprises at least two query tokens. A relative concept strength is determined for each of the identified concepts. The query is then rewritten for submission to a search engine wherein for each of the one or more concepts, a syntax rule associated with the respective relative concept strength of the concept is applied to the query tokens comprising the concept such that the rewritten query represents the one or more concepts whereby the proximity of the one or more concepts in a search result returned by the search engine to the user in response to the rewritten query is boosted. | 07-29-2010 |
20110010353 | ABBREVIATION HANDLING IN WEB SEARCH - A method for handling abbreviations in web queries includes building a dictionary of possible word expansions for potential abbreviations related to query terms received and anticipated to be received by a search engine; accepting a query including an abbreviation from a searching user, where a probability of finding a most probably-correct expansion in the dictionary is a first probability, and a probability that the expansion is the abbreviation itself is a second probability; determining a ratio between the first and second probabilities; expanding the abbreviation in accordance with the most probably-correct expansion when the ratio is above a first threshold value; and highlighting the abbreviation with a suggested expansion of the most probably-correct expansion for the user so that the user may accept the suggested expansion when the ratio is between a second, lower threshold value and the first threshold value. | 01-13-2011 |
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20080201131 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY DISCOVERING FEATURES IN FREE FORM HETEROGENEOUS DATA - Techniques are provided for automatically discovering one or more features in free form heterogeneous data. In one aspect of the invention, the techniques include obtaining free form heterogeneous data, wherein the data comprises one or more data items, applying a label to each data item, using the labeled data to build a language model, wherein a word distribution associated with each label can be derived from the model, and using the word distribution associated with each label to discover one or more features in the data, wherein discovering one or more features in the data facilitates one or more operations that use at least a portion of the labeled data. | 08-21-2008 |
20080201279 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY STRUCTURING FREE FORM HETERGENEOUS DATA - Techniques are provided for automatically structuring free form heterogeneous data. In one aspect of the invention, the techniques include obtaining free form heterogeneous data, segmenting the free form heterogeneous data into one or more units, automatically labeling the one or more units based on one or more machine learning techniques, wherein each unit is associated with a label indicating an information type, and structuring the one or more labeled units in a format to facilitate one or more operations that use at least a portion of the labeled units, e.g., information technology (IT) operations. | 08-21-2008 |
20100017350 | Method and Apparatus for Automatically Structuring Free Form Heterogeneous Data - Techniques are provided for automatically structuring free form heterogeneous data. In one aspect of the invention, the techniques include obtaining free form heterogeneous data, segmenting the free form heterogeneous data into one or more units, automatically labeling the one or more units based on one or more machine learning techniques, wherein each unit is associated with a label indicating an information type, and structuring the one or more labeled units in a format to facilitate one or more operations that use at least a portion of the labeled units, e.g., information technology (IT) operations. | 01-21-2010 |
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20090247862 | Imaging of polarization scrambling tissue - The present invention provides for the detection and display of polarization scrambling tissue without resolving the polarization state of the backscattered imaging beam. In one embodiment, we illuminate the tissue using two different polarizations. A first polarization determines a first image of high intensity while the second polarization determines a second image of low intensity. Comparison and combination of the first and second images determines tissue which scrambles the polarization in neighbouring detection cells. | 10-01-2009 |
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20120265059 | IMAGING OF POLARIZATION SCRAMBLING TISSUE - The present invention provides for the detection and display of polarization scrambling tissue without resolving the polarization state of the backscattered imaging beam. In one embodiment, we illuminate the tissue using two different polarizations. A first polarization determines a first image of high intensity while the second polarization determines a second image of low intensity. Comparison and combination of the first and second images determines tissue which scrambles the polarization in neighbouring detection cells. | 10-18-2012 |
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20140320805 | METHOD, OPHTHALMIC MEASURING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR SELECTING AN INTRAOCULAR LENS - A method of determining at least one selection parameter for selecting an intraocular lens to be inserted into an eye; the method comprises reading, by a data processing system, data indicative of an axial position of at least a portion of an anterior surface of an at least partially empty capsular bag of the eye, relative to an optical axis of the eye. The method further comprises determining an axial position parameter, which is representative of the axial position of the portion of the anterior surface, depending on the data. The method further comprises determining the at least one selection parameter for selecting the intraocular lens depending on the determined position parameter. | 10-30-2014 |