Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
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A computer method for relating and identifying words, comprising: matching an input word with words stored in a class table and identifying the corresponding class number for the input word; accessing an inflection pattern table corresponding to said class number; matching the input word with word segments stored in said inflection pattern table until a successful match is achieved; identifying the grammatical form of the input word from the relative position of the successfully matched word portion in said inflection pattern table; identifying the invariant root portion of the input word as the remaining portion of the input word after removing said matched word portion found from said inflection pattern table; whereby an improved linguistic analysis technique is achieved.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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A computer method for relating and identifying words, comprising: matching an input word with words stored in a class table and identifying the corresponding class number for the input word; accessing an inflection pattern table corresponding to said class number; matching the input word with word segments stored in said inflection pattern table until a successful match is achieved; identifying the grammatical form of the input word from the relative position of the successfully matched word portion in said inflection pattern table; identifying the invariant root portion of the input word as the remaining portion of the input word after removing said matched word portion found from said inflection pattern table; whereby an improved linguistic analysis technique is achieved.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 1 wherein said linguistic analysis technique is applied to the generation of synonyms.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 1 wherein said linguistic analysis technique is applied to the classification of a document.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 3 wherein said linguistic analysis technique is applied to the retrieval of a document which has undergone said document classification.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 1 wherein said linguistic analysis technique is applied to grammar checking.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 1 wherein said linguistic analysis technique is applied to parsing operations.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
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In a computer system including an input means, a system memory, an execution unit and an output means mutually interconnected by a system bus, an apparatus for relating and identifying words, comprising: means connected to said system bus for matching an input word with words stored in a class table in said memory and identifying the corresponding class number for the input word; means connected to said system bus for accessing an inflection pattern table in said memory corresponding to said class number; means connected to said system bus for matching the input word with word segments stored in said inflection pattern table until a successful match is achieved; means connected to said system bus for identifying the grammatical form of the input word from the relative position of the successfully matched word portion in said inflection pattern table; means connected to said system bus for identifying the invariant root portion of the input word as the remaining portion of the input word after removing said matched word portion found from said inflection pattern table; whereby an improved linguistic analysis technique is achieved.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
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In a computer system including an input means, a system memory, an execution unit and an output means mutually interconnected by a system bus, an apparatus for relating and identifying words, comprising: means connected to said system bus for matching an input word with words stored in a class table in said memory and identifying the corresponding class number for the input word; means connected to said system bus for accessing an inflection pattern table in said memory corresponding to said class number; means connected to said system bus for matching the input word with word segments stored in said inflection pattern table until a successful match is achieved; means connected to said system bus for identifying the grammatical form of the input word from the relative position of the successfully matched word portion in said inflection pattern table; means connected to said system bus for identifying the invariant root portion of the input word as the remaining portion of the input word after removing said matched word portion found from said inflection pattern table; whereby an improved linguistic analysis technique is achieved.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
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The apparatus of claim 7, which further comprises: means connected to said system bus and operating on said invariant root portion of the input word, for generating all of the grammatical forms of the input word.