US 12,118,306 B2
Multi-modal network-based assertion verification
Ginger Chien, Bellevue, WA (US); Zhi Cui, Sugar Hill, GA (US); Eric Zavesky, Austin, TX (US); Robert T. Moton, Jr., Alpharetta, GA (US); Adrianne Binh Luu, Atlanta, GA (US); and Robert Koch, Peachtree Corners, GA (US)
Assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Oct. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/513,169.
Prior Publication US 2023/0135293 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 40/279 (2020.01); G06F 40/216 (2020.01); G06F 40/237 (2020.01); G06F 40/284 (2020.01); G06F 40/30 (2020.01)
CPC G06F 40/279 (2020.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
obtaining, by a processing system including at least one processor, a first content comprising human language via at least one computing network;
identifying, by the processing system, at least one assertion in the first content, wherein the identifying comprises applying an open information extraction process to create a representation of the at least one assertion as a first formal relation comprising a first binary relation;
identifying, by the processing system, one or more content sources containing at least one second content relating to the at least one assertion;
determining, by the processing system, whether the at least one second content relating to the at least one assertion corroborates or contradicts the at least one assertion, wherein the determining whether the at least one second content corroborates or contradicts the at least one assertion comprises:
identifying at least a second assertion in the at least one second content;
creating a representation of the at least the second assertion as a second formal relation; and
determining whether the second formal relation comprises an affirmation of the first formal relation or a negation of the first formal relation; and
presenting, by the processing system, the first content with an indication of whether the at least one second content relating to the at least one assertion corroborates or contradicts the at least one assertion.