Collection and storage of a personalized, searchable, unstructured corpora

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9524320
APP PUB NO 20160112391A1
SERIAL NO

14720865

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An approach is provided for utilizing unstructured corpora in a Question and Answer (QA) system. A question is received at the QA system. A private corpora is generated with the private corpora being associated with the user. The private corpora is generated from private data stores associated with the user as well as private data stores associated with other users. Access to the other user's private data sources is provided to the user by the other users. The system retrieves data responsive to the question from the private corpora. The responsive data is ranked based on its relevance to the question. Likely answers are identified based on the ranked responsive data and the likely answers are provided back to the user.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Jamrog, Daniel M Acton, US 22 114
LaVoie, Jason D Littleton, US 47 1186
Orrick, Nicholas W Austin, US 11 57
Witherspoon, Kristin A Somerville, US 14 65

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