Method and system for determining confidence in answer for search
Patent US20100332499 · 2009
Abstract
In a method for a direct answer for search, a search query is received over a network, one or more answer candidate snippets for the search query are received, with an answer candidate snippet having at least a portion of content available over the network for an answer candidate, one or more answer entities are determined within a selected answer candidate snippet, a frequency of the one or more answer entities found within the one or more answer candidate snippets for the search query is determined, a confidence score is adjusted for the selected answer candidate in accordance with the frequency of the one or more answer entities found within the one or more answer candidate snippets, and at least one answer candidate snippet is sent for a response to the search query.
BibTeX
@patent{ask-determining-confidence-in-answers},
title = {Method and system for determining confidence in answer for search},
author = {Yufei Pan and Hui Li and Justin Sarma and David Soukal and Alessio Signorini and Apostolos Gerasoulis and Tomasz Imielinski},
number = {US20100332499},
month = {06},
year = {2009},
url = {https://alessiosignorini.com/publications/ask-determining-confidence-in-answers/},
}