A computer assisted method for recognizing and labeling instances of name classes in textual environments is described. The invention receives training text having instances of named-entity classes labeled, from which it generates a database of bigram and unigram occurrences. The invention uses the database...http://www.google.ca/patents/US6052682?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6052682 - Method of and apparatus for recognizing and labeling instances of name classes in textual environments