Machine-learning document categorization enables turnkey email, ticket, and report routing systems from expiring IBM IP.
The method receives a document, extracts features from its content, applies a learned classifier, and assigns one or more categories based on the classifier’s output. Its technical significance is that it turns feature extraction plus a classifier into an automated multi-category labeling pipeline, replacing manual rules at scale. Previously, deploying IBM’s trained approach in production required licensing or rights to the patented method/apparatus rather than using it freely.
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