US Patent 7464090 Object categorization for information extraction

Patent 7464090 was granted and assigned to Google on December, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Google

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7464090

Patent Inventor Names

Jonathan T. Betz0

Date of Patent

December 9, 2008

Patent Application Number

11341069

Date Filed

January 27, 2006

Patent Primary Examiner

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Uyen T Le

Patent abstract

A system and method for categorizing objects on the basis of the existence of the facts describing those objects. Objects may be stored in the collection regardless of their category, and each object may have any number of facts associated with it. The objects are then categorized on the basis of their data structure, that is, on the basis of the existence of the facts associated with that object.