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INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property - C.-- - .` Organization 03 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date ...*\"\" WO 2018/081163 Al 03 May 2018 (03.05.2018) WIP0 I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: 300 Washington Street, Unit 302, Newton, MA 02458 (US). G1OL 25/00 (2013.01) WEGMANN, Steven; One Gatway Center, 300 Washing- (21) International Application Number: ton Street, Unit 302, Newton, MA 02458 (US). PCT/US2017/058138 (74) Agent: BACHMANN, Steve; Bachmann Law Group, (22) International Filing Date: 19925 Stevens Creek Blvd, Ste 100, Cupertino, CA 95014 24 October 2017 (24.10.2017) (US). (25) Filing Language: English (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, (26) Publication Language: English AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, (30) Priority Data: CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, 62/412,165 24 October 2016 (24.10.2016) US DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FL GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, 15/792,236 24 October 2017 (24.10.2017) US HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, (71) Applicant: SEMANTIC MACHINES, INC. [US/US]; MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, One Gatway Center, 300 Washington Street, Unit 302, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, Newton, MA 02458 (US). SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (72) Inventors: HALL, David Leo Wright; One Gatway Cen- ter, 300 Washington Street, Unit 302, Newton, MA 02458 (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every - (US). KLEIN, David; One Gatway Center, 300 Washing- kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, ton Street, Unit 302, Newton, MA 02458 (US). ROTH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, = Daniel; One Gatway Center, 300 Washington Street, Unit UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, = - 302, Newton, MA 02458 (US). GILLICK, Lawrence; One TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, Gatway Center, 300 Washington Street, Unit 302, Newton, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, _ MA 02458 (US). MAAS, Andrew; One Gatway Center, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK,