US 7,606,782 B2 · System for automation of business knowledge in natural language using rete algorithm

Abstract

The present invention is directed to a system for managing business knowledge expressed as statements, preferably sentences using a vocabulary, where such statements may be automated by the generation of programming language source code or computer program instructions. As such, the present invention also manages software design specifications that define, describe, or constrain the programming code it generates or programs with which it or the code it generates is to integrate. All information managed within the present invention is maintained within a relational database that is encapsulated within an object-oriented model. Each object in this model is subject to version control and administration using permissions. Each user of the system is an object and belongs to one or more groups. Users and groups may be granted privileges. Objects may be created, examined, used, modified, deleted, or otherwise operated upon only if corresponding permission or privilege has been granted. The vocabulary managed by the present invention consists of the function words commonly used in a language, such as the auxiliary verbs, prepositions, articles, conjunctions, and other essentially closed parts of speech in English, as well as open parts of speech, such as nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.

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A computer-based enterprise knowledge management system that represents and stores business knowledge in a natural language and generates program source code or rules to implement said business knowledge for use in business practices, comprising:

at least one user interface for receiving said business knowledge in one or more sentences in a natural language;
at least one user interface interactively presenting one or more statements from a knowledge manager and one or more production rules from a generator to the user via the user interface;
at least one computer-readable memory, containing:
(a) said knowledge manager programmed to represent said business knowledge as said at least one statement comprising at least one relationship, said relationship instantiating at least one relation having at least one role and at least one concept filling said role, wherein the relationships are defined using semantic modeling, wherein said representation of said business knowledge is accomplished using the Rete algorithm;
and
(b) said knowledge manager programmed to process said relationships semantically and syntactically;
(c) said generator in communication with said knowledge manager to generate computer program code or production rules that combine syntactic and semantic constraints for implementing said business knowledge;
and
at least one tangible computer-readable storage medium selected from the group consisting of a temporary memory system and a permanent memory system for storing said statement and said computer program code or production rules to be integrated with external object models and databases.

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