MARY B MCKENNA, PTA
Restorative Service Providers at Fay Rd, Syracuse, NY

License number
New York 005061-1
Category
Restorative Service Providers
Type
Physical Therapy Assistant
Address
Address 2
813 Fay Rd, Syracuse, NY 13219
4368 Princess Path, Liverpool, NY 13090
Phone
(315) 488-2951

Professional information

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User Interface And Other Enhancements For Natural Language Information Retrieval System And Method

US Patent:
6026388, Feb 15, 2000
Filed:
Aug 14, 1996
Appl. No.:
8/696702
Inventors:
Elizabeth D. Liddy - Syracuse NY
Woojin Paik - Syracuse NY
Mary E. McKenna - Syracuse NY
Michael L. Weiner - Webster NY
Edmund S. Yu - DeWitt NY
Theodore G. Diamond - Mercer Island WA
Bhaskaran Balakrishnan - Syracuse NY
David L. Snyder - Pittsford NY
Assignee:
Textwise, LLC - Syracuse NY
International Classification:
G06F 1730
US Classification:
707 1
Abstract:
Techniques for generating sophisticated representations of the contents of both queries and documents in a retrieval system by using natural language processing (NLP) techniques to represent, index, and retrieve texts at the multiple levels (e. g. , the morphological, lexical, syntactic, semantic, discourse, and pragmatic levels) at which humans construe meaning in writing. The user enters a query and the system processes the query to generate an alternative representation, which includes conceptual-level abstraction and representations based on complex nominals (CNs), proper nouns (PNs), single terms, text structure, and logical make-up of the query, including mandatory terms. After processing the query, the system displays query information to the user, indicating the system's interpretation and representation of the content of the query. The user is then given an opportunity to provide input, in response to which the system modifies the alternative representation of the query. Once the user has provided desired input, the possibly modified representation of the query is matched to the relevant document database, and measures of relevance generated for the documents.


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Natural Language Information Retrieval System And Method

US Patent:
5963940, Oct 5, 1999
Filed:
Aug 14, 1996
Appl. No.:
8/698472
Inventors:
Elizabeth D. Liddy - Syracuse NY
Woojin Paik - Syracuse NY
Mary E. McKenna - Syracuse NY
Ming Li - Jersey City NJ
Assignee:
Syracuse University - Syracuse NY
International Classification:
G06F 1730
US Classification:
707 5
Abstract:
Techniques for generating sophisticated representations of the contents of both queries and documents in a retrieval system by using natural language processing (NLP) techniques to represent, index, and retrieve texts at the multiple levels (e. g. , the morphological, lexical, syntactic, semantic, discourse, and pragmatic levels) at which humans construe meaning in writing. The user enters a query and the system processes the query to generate an alternative representation, which includes conceptual-level abstraction and representations based on complex nominals (CNs), proper nouns (PNs), single terms, text structure, and logical make-up of the query, including mandatory terms. After processing the query, the system displays query information to the user, indicating the system's interpretation and representation of the content of the query. The user is then given an opportunity to provide input, in response to which the system modifies the alternative representation of the query. Once the user has provided desired input, the possibly modified representation of the query is matched to the relevant document database, and measures of relevance generated for the documents.