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John M. Prager
Also filed as: PRAGER JOHN M · PRAGER JOHN MARTIN
31 granted patents·1 pending application·3,147 citations·filing 1990–2020
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32 records- 0198US5943670ASystem and method for categorizing objects in combined categoriesIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Aug 24, 1999·526 cites·4 claims
- 0297US6665666B1System, method and program product for answering questions using a search engineIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 16, 2003·245 cites·13 claims
- 0397US5875446ASystem and method for hierarchically grouping and ranking a set of objects in a query context based on one or more relationshipsIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 23, 1999·519 cites·23 claims
- 0496US9037580B2Providing answers to questions using logical synthesis of candidate answersBROWN ERIC W·Filed 2012·Granted May 19, 2015·25 cites·15 claims
- 0595US8898159B2Providing answers to questions using logical synthesis of candidate answersBROWN ERIC W·Filed 2011·Granted Nov 25, 2014·22 cites·15 claims
- 0695US6003027ASystem and method for determining confidence levels for the results of a categorization systemIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Dec 14, 1999·225 cites·20 claims
- 0795US5255386AMethod and apparatus for intelligent help that matches the semantic similarity of the inferred intent of query or command to a best-fit predefined command intentIBM·Filed 1990·Granted Oct 19, 1993·242 cites·9 claims
- 0894US9852213B2Providing answers to questions using logical synthesis of candidate answersIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Dec 26, 2017·8 cites·1 claims
- 0994US5369575AConstrained natural language interface for a computer systemIBM·Filed 1992·Granted Nov 29, 1994·310 cites·6 claims
- 1094US5239617AMethod and apparatus providing an intelligent help explanation paradigm paralleling computer user activityIBM·Filed 1990·Granted Aug 24, 1993·279 cites·8 claims
- 1193US10133808B2Providing answers to questions using logical synthesis of candidate answersIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Nov 20, 2018·7 cites·20 claims
- 1293US5377103AConstrained natural language interface for a computer that employs a browse functionIBM·Filed 1992·Granted Dec 27, 1994·307 cites·5 claims
- 1392US9020805B2Context-based disambiguation of acronyms and abbreviationsBOGURAEV BRANIMIR K·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 28, 2015·17 cites·7 claims
- 1491US5913208AIdentifying duplicate documents from search results without comparing document contentIBM·Filed 1996·Granted Jun 15, 1999·176 cites·35 claims
- 1590US9690861B2Deep semantic search of electronic medical recordsIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Jun 27, 2017·26 cites·20 claims
- 1689US8417514B2System and method for finding the most likely answer to a natural language questionBROWN ERIC W·Filed 2012·Granted Apr 9, 2013·14 cites·11 claims
- 1788US5826260AInformation retrieval system and method for displaying and ordering information based on query element contributionIBM·Filed 1995·Granted Oct 20, 1998·152 cites·15 claims
- 1885US9483582B2Identification and verification of factual assertions in natural languageIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 1, 2016·11 cites·19 claims
- 1984US9348893B2Providing answers to questions using logical synthesis of candidate answersIBM·Filed 2014·Granted May 24, 2016·4 cites·1 claims
- 2084US8340955B2System and method for finding the most likely answer to a natural language questionBROWN ERIC W·Filed 2008·Granted Dec 25, 2012·13 cites·11 claims
- 2182US9684714B2Using paraphrase metrics for answering questionsIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Jun 20, 2017·5 cites·11 claims
- 2282US9031832B2Context-based disambiguation of acronyms and abbreviationsBOGURAEV BRANIMIR K·Filed 2012·Granted May 12, 2015·8 cites·13 claims
- 2378US10902038B2Providing answers to questions using logical synthesis of candidate answersIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Jan 26, 2021·1 cites·20 claims
- 2476US9940584B2Leveraging an external ontology for graph expansion in inference systemsIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 10, 2018·3 cites·19 claims
- 2571US11031107B2Extracting patient information from an electronic medical recordIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Jun 8, 2021·2 cites·20 claims
- 2657US10642874B2Using paraphrase metrics for answering questionsIBM·Filed 2017·Granted May 5, 2020·0 cites·20 claims
- 2753US11436713B2Application error analysis from screenshotIBM·Filed 2020·Granted Sep 6, 2022·0 cites·20 claims
- 2853US11068794B2Leveraging an external ontology for graph expansion in inference systemsIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Jul 20, 2021·0 cites·19 claims
- 2951US11188613B2Protecting a social media post with a hashtag from divergenceIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Nov 30, 2021·0 cites·20 claims
- 3051US9940355B2Providing answers to questions having both rankable and probabilistic componentsIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 10, 2018·0 cites·4 claims
- 3151US9940354B2Providing answers to questions having both rankable and probabilistic componentsIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 10, 2018·0 cites·8 claims
- 3245US2014278362A1Entity Recognition in Natural Language Processing SystemsIBM·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
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