Arria NLG PLC Grant of 7th US Patent (1762Q)
February 25 2016 - 8:00AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 1762Q
Arria NLG PLC
25 February 2016
25 February 2016
Arria NLG plc
("Arria NLG" or the "Company")
Grant of 7(th) US Patent
Arria NLG plc (AIM:NLG), a technology leader in Natural Language
Generation ("NLG"), is to be granted a patent on its Method And
Apparatus For Referring Expression Generation from the US Patent
and Trademark Office, it's seventh to date. The Company's Chief
Scientist, Prof. Ehud Reiter, created this important new feature of
the Arria NLG Platform.
The new patent covers an essential component of Arria NLG's
products for information analysis and delivery. The Company's
products automate the real-time analysis and delivery of reports,
whilst also generating language that follows intuitive rules for
how humans communicate and comprehend information.
The innovations embodied in the new patent allow a report's
second or subsequent mention of a complex machine, device or
process to be expressed in a word or two, rather than by its full
name. For example, the operator of an electrical power plant, who
receives the actionable intelligence contained in an Arria NLG
report, is not required to read in full repeated references to the
same components of a particular machine after the report
establishes that this component of this machine is being
discussed.
In addition, when using referring expression generation, the
patented system can flexibly describe details such as a high
temperature warning on a rotor shaft to an engineer. For example,
the system is able to recite: "temperature is high," when a
previous sentence has provided the reader with the necessary
context to understand that the text is referring to a rotor shaft
on a specific machine. The system likewise intelligently adapts the
expression to recite: "rotor shaft temperature is high," when a
previous sentence lacked sufficient context. In each instance, the
system can adapt sentences as the report is generated so as to
eloquently describe components and subcomponents of a complex
machine.
This seventh Arria NLG patent covers the generation of referring
expressions not only within the Company's advanced NLG systems but
also in more rudimentary systems relying on the infilling of
templates (akin to mail-merge) that are in common use.
Arria NLG's patents and patent applications cover critical NLG
processes that the Company currently applies to innovative
applications delivered to its growing list of global clients, as
well as to a range of SaaS-delivered packaged applications that are
in development for a number of markets. The patents also apply to
the Company's proprietary Software Development Toolkit ("SDK").
Arria NLG's expanding patent portfolio strengthens its plan to
become the global leader in automating data analysis and
information delivery in any industrial or consumer setting.
Stuart Rogers, Chairman and Chief Executive of Arria NLG,
stated: "We believe that there are two key areas where this patent
raises the bar in the quality of 'humanized' text generated from
NLG technology. Firstly, anyone who wants to build an NLG system
that communicates with users in a human manor is likely to need to
implement the technology that this patent covers into their
systems. Secondly, anyone wanting the Internet of Things to
successfully talk naturally to users will likely need this
technology.
This is our seventh patent in the US and a core element for
advanced NLG technology and one which Arria NLG are very proud to
own. This patent is linked to our previous patents, the technology
for which can all be found in our NLG Platform. This technology is
already available to our customers and will also be provided in a
dynamic natural language toolkit when our Software Development Kit
4.5 is product released this year."
For further information, please visit www.arria.com or
contact:
Arria NLG plc Tel +44 (0)20 7100 4540
Stuart Rogers
Chairman and Chief
Executive
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Allenby Capital Nominated Tel: +44 (0)20 3328 5656
Adviser & Joint Broker
Nick Naylor
Jeremy Porter
James Reeve
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MSL Capital Markets Tel: +64 (0)4 472 2716
Lead Manager
Andrew McDouall
Justine Dunnett
Peter Lynds
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Stockdale Securities Tel: +44 (0)20 7601 6100
Joint Broker
Antonio Bossi
Robert Finlay
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IFC Advisory Financial Tel: +44 (0)20 3053 8671
PR and IR tim.metcalfe@investor-focus.co.uk
Tim Metcalfe graham.herring@investor-focus.co.uk
Graham Herring heather.armstrong@investor-focus.co.uk
Heather Armstrong
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Ruder Finn PR (USA)
Scott Beaver (West Coast) Tel: +1 541-326-5847
Brianna Mulligan (East Tel: +1 203-246-1304
Coast)
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Arria NLG
Arria NLG's core product is known as the Arria NLG Platform, a
form of artificial intelligence software, specialised in extracting
information from complex data sources and communicating that
information in natural language (i.e. as if written by a human).
The scientific foundation for the Arria NLG Platform is based on
more than 30 years of research and development by the Data2Text
Founders at the University of Aberdeen. For additional information,
visit www.arria.com. Follow Arria NLG on Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+
and YouTube.
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