Google Content Engine Adds Functions
February 3, 2010
The technical gizmos within Google are less exciting that Android tablets, China, and dust ups in Europe. I want to document that the Google received a patent for its invention of a system and method for “Automatic completion of Fragments of Text.” You can read US7657423 at the USPTO’s fine Web site. The inventors are a couple of real wizards. If you have read my Google Version 2.0, you will recognize the names of Simon Tong and Georges Harik. Here’s the abstract for the patent filed in January 2007 and awarded on February 2, 2010:
A system offers potential completions for fragments of text. The system may obtain a text fragment and identify documents that include the text fragment. The system may locate sentences within the documents that include at least a portion of the text fragment, identify sentence endings associated with the located sentences, and present the sentence endings as potential completions for the text fragment.
This is one of Google’s fill in the blanks methods. These are quite important when assembling meaningful chunks of content or locating missing pieces of information when a source has a gap. The method can be applied to other operations as well. Considered in conjunction with Google’s disambiguation and dataspace methods, the invention is an important one in my opinion.
Stephen E Arnold, February 3, 2010
A freebie. No one paid me to point out that this open source document contains useful information about Google’s plumbing. I will report this lack of payment to the subcontractor who handles janitorial duties at the New Executive Office Building. “Janitors” are really an important Google innovation as well. Just think about Dilbert’s janitor.
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