US 6,611,841 B1Granted

Knowledge acquisition and retrieval apparatus and method

AssigneeAbstract Productions, Inc.

InventorSherwin Han

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Abstract

A knowledge acquisition and retrieval apparatus and method that emulate the human brain and comprise at least one first memory segment, and a distinct second memory segment, wherein elements of the at least one first memory segment are reciprocally associated to elements of the second memory segment, and vice-versa. The at least one first memory segment comprises categorized data from the physical world, known as representational data, while the second memory segment contains abstract or conceptual data, otherwise known as consciousness data. Physical data comprises auditory data, language data, visual data, motion data, and sensory data, and each element of the at least one first memory segment is identified as auditory data, language data, visual data, motion data, or sensory data. By reciprocally associating the physical (representational) and conceptual (consciousness) data, a hierarchical structure is created that allows information retrieval by traversing the reciprocal associations. Varying retrieval algorithms traverse the hierarchical structure differently to generate specified system outputs. Retrieval algorithms are implemented to represent human information retrieval functions commonly known as reduction, imaging, deduction, recognition, recall, categorization, and reasoning.

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Dependent claims

A knowledge acquisition and retrieval system, comprising:

at least one first memory segment;
a distinct second memory segment, wherein elements of the distinct second memory segment are reciprocally associated with elements of the at least one first memory segment, wherein such reciprocal associations further comprise:
a hierarchical relationship between elements of the at least one first memory segment by traversing the reciprocal associations;
a hierarchical relationship between elements of the distinct second memory segment by traversing the reciprocal association;
and,
an associative algorithm, wherein the associative algorithm further comprising:
a first input;
a distinct second input;
a first association module to search the at least one first memory segment for the first input, and exit upon finding the first input in the at least one first memory segment, and otherwise stores the first input in the at least one first memory segment, creates a corresponding first abstract element in the distinct second memory segment, and reciprocally associates the at least one first memory segment element containing the first input, with the distinct second memory segment element containing the first abstract element;
a second association module to search the at least one first memory segment for the distinct second input, and exit upon finding the distinct second input in the at least one first memory segment, and otherwise stores the distinct second input in the at least one first memory segment, creates a corresponding second abstract element in the distinct second memory segment, and reciprocally associates the at least one first memory segment element containing the second input, with the distinct second memory segment element containing the second abstract element;
and,
a third association module to reciprocally associate the at least one first memory segment element containing the first input, with the distinct second memory segment element containing the second abstract element.

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A knowledge acquisition and retrieval method, comprising:

designating at least one first memory segment;
designating a distinct second memory segment;
and,
reciprocally associating elements of the distinct second memory segment with elements of the at least one first memory segment, to create a hierarchical relationship between elements of the at least one first memory segment by traversing the reciprocal associations, and to create a hierarchical relationship between elements of the distinct second memory segment by traversing the reciprocal associations, the reciprocal associations formed by an associative module that accepts a first input and a distinct second input, and,
searches the at least one first memory segment for the first input, and exits upon finding the first input in the at least one first memory segment, and otherwise stores the first input in the at least one first memory segment, creates a corresponding first abstract element in the distinct second memory segment, and reciprocally associates the at least one first memory segment element containing the first input, with the distinct second memory segment element containing the first abstract element;
searches the at least one first memory segment for the distinct second input, and exits upon finding the distinct second input in the at least one first memory segment, and otherwise stores the distinct second input in the at least one first memory segment, creates a corresponding second abstract element in the distinct second memory segment, and reciprocally associates the at least one first memory segment element containing the second input, with the distinct second memory segment element containing the second abstract element;
and,
reciprocally associates the at least one first memory segment element containing the first input, with the distinct second memory segment element containing the second abstract element.

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Facts

Application: 09/541,247Filed 3 Apr 2000 · us provisional application
Priority: 2 Apr 1999
Granted: 26 Aug 2003
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

H04L 41/0213
Standardisation; Integration: standardised network management protocols, e.g. simple network management protocol [SNMP]
G06N 5/022
Knowledge representation; Symbolic representation: knowledge engineering; Knowledge acquisition
H04L 41/024
Standardisation; Integration: using relational databases for representation of network management data, e.g. managing via structured query…
H04L 41/046
Network management architectures or arrangements: comprising network management agents or mobile agents therefor