Question-answering system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10255546
APP PUB NO 20180129928A1
SERIAL NO

15851769

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A computer program product and method provides a question and answer service that accepts an initial first question from a user and analyzes the question by a first generation subsystem to generate a first answer. A second generation subsystem of the question and answer service is configured to generate a second question based at least in-part on keywords from the first question and the first answer.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONNEW ORCHARD ROAD ARMONK NY 10504

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Alupului, Mariana Durham, US 4 33
Ames, Andrea L Redwood City, US 4 29
Collopy, Beth Anne M Amesbury, US 4 22
Pesot, Joseph F Cary, US 4 18
Pierce, Robert Alfred, US 68 1252
Steinmetz, David C Bothell, US 7 99

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