Cheryl M Clark

US Patent:

57088292, Jan 13, 1998

Filed:

Sep 25, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/721775

Inventors:

A. Julie Kadashevich - Tyngsboro MA
Mary F. Harvey - Reading MA
Cheryl Clark - Arlington MA

Assignee:

Wang Laboratories, Inc. - Billerica MA

International Classification:

G06F 1727
G06F 314
G06F 1721

US Classification:

395793

Abstract:

An apparatus for generating an index for a collection of words, the apparatus including means for selecting an input word from the collection of words; means for generating words that are lexically related to the input word, wherein the input word and the lexically related words form a group of words; and an indexing engine for representing the occurrence in the collection of words of any of the members of the group by a single member of the group.

US Patent:

59406240, Aug 17, 1999

Filed:

Sep 26, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/094033

Inventors:

A. Julie Kadashevich - Tyngsboro MA
Mary F. Harvey - Reading MA
Cheryl Clark - Arlington MA

Assignee:

Wang Laboratories, Inc. - Billerica MA

International Classification:

G06F 1520

US Classification:

395759

Abstract:

An first apparatus for searching a collection of words based upon an input word, the first apparatus including means for generating a first set of words containing members that are lexically related to the input word, the first set of words including words that are other than regular inflectional nouns; and a search engine for searching the collection of words to detect the occurrence of any of the words from a group of search words, the group of search words comprising the input word and the first set of words. Also a second apparatus for generating a plurality of topic words from the collection of words, that apparatus including means for selecting a subset of words from the collection of words; a morphological analyzer for generating morphological information about each of the words in the subset of words; means for evaluating whether a given word of the subset of words conveys information about the content of the collection of words, the evaluation means basing its determination upon the morphological information generated by the morphological analyzer; and means for generating a topic word corresponding to the given word, if the evaluation means determines that the given word conveys information about the content of the collection of words.

US Patent:

53233166, Jun 21, 1994

Filed:

Feb 1, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/649779

Inventors:

A. Julie Kadashevich - Tyngsboro MA
Mary F. Harvey - Reading MA
Cheryl Clark - Arlington MA

Assignee:

Wang Laboratories, Inc. - Lowell MA

International Classification:

G06F 1538

US Classification:

36441901

Abstract:

A morphological analyzer for analyzing the morphology of an input word, the analyzer including a recognition engine which includes means for finding a stem within the input word; and means for identifying suffixes attached to the stem, wherein the finding means and suffix identifying means cooperate to conduct morphological analysis of the input word from the root to the affix and wherein the recognition engine performs inflectional and derivational analysis, the derivational analysis using more than two derivational suffixes.

US Patent:

53695771, Nov 29, 1994

Filed:

Feb 1, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/650812

Inventors:

A. Julie Kadashevich - Tyngsboro MA
Mary F. Harvey - Reading MA
Cheryl Clark - Arlington MA

Assignee:

Wang Laboratories, Inc. - Lowell MA

International Classification:

G06F 1520

US Classification:

36441913

Abstract:

An apparatus for searching a collection of words based upon an input word, the apparatus including means for generating a first set of words containing members that are lexically related to the input word, the first set of words including words that are other than regular inflectional nouns; and also including a search engine for searching the collection of words to detect the occurrence of any of the words from a group of search words, the group of search words including the input word and the first set of words.