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(11) EP 1 497 751 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
19.01.2005 Bulletin 2005/03

(21) Application number: 03721540.7

(22) Date of filing: 07.04.2003
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7G06F 17/27, G06F 17/20, G06F 17/30, G10L 15/00, G10L 13/00
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2003/010482
(87) International publication number:
WO 2003/088080 (23.10.2003 Gazette 2003/43)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 05.04.2002 US 307624 P
29.01.2003 US 443642 P
01.04.2003 US 402941

(71) Applicants:
  • AT & T Corp.
    New York, NY 10013-2412 (US)
  • Gorin, Allen Louis
    Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 (US)
  • Bechet, Frederic
    84000 Avignon (FR)
  • Wright, Jeremy Huntley
    Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 (US)
  • Hakkani-Tur, Dilek Z.
    Morris Plains, NJ 07950 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • GORIN, Allen, Louis
    Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 (US)
  • BECHET, Frederic
    F-84000 Avignon (FR)
  • WRIGHT, Jeremy, Huntley
    Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 (US)
  • HAKKANI-TUR, Dilek, Z.
    Morris Plains, NJ 07950 (US)

(74) Representative: Suckling, Andrew Michael 
Marks & Clerk,4220 Nash Court,Oxford Business Park South
Oxford,Oxfordshire OX4 2RU
Oxford,Oxfordshire OX4 2RU (GB)

   


(54) METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AND EXTRACTING NAMED ENTITIES FROM SPONTANEOUS COMMUNICATIONS