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US 7,257,258 B2Granted
Characteristic based classification system
OwnerArthur W. Ruff, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
Characteristics can be stored in a computer databank for various plants, animals, and items. When a user wants to identify a particular plant, animal, or item, the user supplies the characteristics that are readily ascertained. After the user has entered the characteristics, the standardized reverse logic databank of the invention will cull out the items that have non-compatible characteristics and identify the item or provide a list of the possible identity matches for the unknown.
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A characteristic-based reverse logic object classification system, comprising:
- supplying at least one characteristic of an unknown animal to a databank of possible matches for the unknown animal;
- automatically removing the possible matches for the unknown animal that do not have the at least one known characteristic, wherein said removing the possible matches for the unknown animal is repeated with one or more different characteristics supplied by a user, to further narrow the possible matches for the unknown animal;
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- classifying the unknown animal based on the reverse logic.
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A characteristic-based reverse logic object classification system, comprising:
- creating a list of identification types;
- creating a list of traits for each identification type;
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- automatically eliminating non-compatible identification types from the list of identification types, wherein said eliminating identification types eliminates those identification types non-compatible with at least one trait provided by the user, while retaining the remaining identification types in said list of possible identification types.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.