[Corpora-List] Microsoft patents verb conjugations

[John F. Sowa]

If anybody has been deriving the infinitive of a verb
from a finite form, you may be violating a recent patent
application by Microsoft.  (However, I suspect that there
may be prior art that had been published earlier.)

Following is the title, abstract, and URL.

John Sowa
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Source: http://tinyurl.com/e5g7y

United States Patent Application 20060195313

Voetberg; Eric J.; et al.  August 31, 2006

Method and system for selecting and conjugating a verb

Abstract

A verb conjugating system allows a user to input a form of a verb and 
display the verb forms. The verb conjugating system allows the user to 
input the infinitive form or non-infinitive forms of a verb. When a user 
inputs a non-infinitive form of a verb, the verb conjugating system 
identifies a corresponding base form of the verb. The verb conjugating 
system then uses the base form to retrieve and display the verb forms 
for the verb. The verb conjugating system may highlight the 
non-infinitive form of the verb within the displayed verb forms to 
assist the user in locating the verb form of interest.