Method and apparatus for language processing

A technology of natural language and grammatical structure, applied in natural language data processing, natural language translation, electronic digital data processing, etc., to achieve the effect of improving language expression and wide application

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-01-14
WHITESMOKE INC
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One of the many challenges that parsers face is word usage ambiguity; that is, the same word can be used in different ways

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[0085] The present invention provides a method and apparatus for enhancing natural language text by giving enhancement suggestions to users or authors. The invention can be implemented as stand-alone software or hardware within a client, or as a web service within a server-client architecture. This online web service receives input text from a client and returns suggestions for enhancing the text.

[0086] As mentioned above, prior art word processing programs operate by detecting spelling and grammatical errors and suggesting corrections. Often, suggested corrections to spelling and grammatical errors cause text to deviate from its intended meaning. Such deviations arise, for example, from ambiguities in word usage, stylistic differences, and phonetic changes. For example, the expression "hard labor" can refer to physically demanding work, or difficult labor; "take off" and "take over" have different meanings, although they both use the same verb; Part of "minute" sounds d...

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A method for language enhancement, including receiving text, identifying grammatical constructs within the text, and suggesting at least one alternate text portion for at least one original portion of the text, the alternate text portion being consistent with the grammatical constructs of the original portion and having substantially the same meaning as the original portion but conveying a different impression. Apparatus is also described and claimed.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to natural language processing, and more particularly to language enhancement. Background technique [0002] Traditional state-of-the-art natural language processing (NLP) applications include many types of language assistants, including: (i) spell checker , which checks the spelling of individual words within the text; (ii) language law checker , which checks the grammar of sentences within the text; (iii) Dictionary (thesaurus) , which provides synonyms for words within the text; and (iv) idiom processor , its translation idiom. [0003] spell checker [0004] Traditional prior art spell checkers check for misspellings of individual words and provide suggestions for corrections. A common spell checker is the one used within Microsoft Word, which underlines misspelled words in red and suggests corrections when the user right-clicks the red underlined word. The spell checker can work on-the-fly as the user dyna...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F17/27G06F17/28
CPCG06F17/274G06F17/2881G06F17/2705G06F40/253G06F40/205G06F40/56
Inventor 约尔·奥维尔里然·布里纳尔
Owner WHITESMOKE INC
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