Answering questions via a persona-based natural language processing (NLP) system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9721004
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14539268

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A mechanism is provided, in a question answering (QA) system, for performing persona-based question answering is provided. An identification of a requested persona is received from a user along with a natural language question input specifying an input question to be answered by the QA system. Responsive to receiving the requested persona, components of the QA system are customized to answer questions from a viewpoint of the requested persona. An answer to the input question is generated from the viewpoint of the requested persona based on the customization of the components of the QA system. The answer to the input question is output in a form representative of the requested persona.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Byron, Donna K Petersham, US 217 2091
Pikovsky, Alexander Lexington, US 66 1175
Radley, David G Eastleigh, GB 5 73
Winkler, Timothy P Clinton, US 61 1023

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