{"schema_version":"1.0","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-9778914","patent":{"patent_number":"US-9778914","title":"Automatic discovery of comparable features based on N-gram analysis","assignee":null,"inventors":[],"filing_date":"2015-06-25T00:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2017-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","cpc_codes":["G06F","G06F","G06F","G06F","G06F","G06F","G06F"],"num_claims":21,"abstract":"According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method is disclosed in which a software development log whose entries describe potential features for a future release of a first software program is accessed to obtain a text description of a feature from an entry. The text description is decomposed using a predefined n-gram decomposition technique to produce a first set of n-grams. The method includes determining whether a second software program includes the feature. The determining includes comparing the first set of n-grams to a second set of n-grams which describe the second software program, and calculating a similarity metric based on the comparing that indicates an extent to which matches for the n-grams in the first set are present in the second set. The software development log is updated based on the determining."},"analysis":{"summary":null,"layman_explanation":null,"technical_analysis":null,"business_analysis":null,"faqs":null,"topics":[],"tech_cluster":null},"seo":{"title":"Automatic discovery of comparable features based on N-gram analysis","description":"According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method is disclosed in which a software development log whose entries describe potential features for a future release of a fi","keywords":[]},"attribution":{"source":"Patentable","source_url":"https://patentable.app","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-9778914","license":"CC-BY-4.0-like","license_terms":"AI-generated analysis on this page (summary, layman_explanation, technical_analysis, business_analysis, faqs) may be reused with attribution and a visible link back to the canonical URL above. Patent abstracts, claims, and bibliographic data are USPTO public domain.","required_link":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-9778914","citation_suggestion":"Patentable. \"Automatic discovery of comparable features based on N-gram analysis\" (US-9778914). https://patentable.app/patents/US-9778914","copyright_holder":"Nomic Interactive Technology LLC"},"links":{"html":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-9778914","json":"https://patentable.app/api/llm-context/US-9778914","site":"https://patentable.app","llms_txt":"https://patentable.app/llms.txt"},"generated_at":"2026-06-06T07:19:49.628Z"}