Technologies for cognitive cuing based on knowledge and context

• US 10,599,980 B2
• Filed: 12/21/2015
• Issued: 03/24/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Anderson, Glen J., Sia, Jr., Jose K., Yuen, Kathy, Sodani, Shilpa A., Jackson, Bradley A., Tickoo, Omesh, Chowdhury, Nafisa A., Morris, Margaret E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Chen, Alan
• Application Number:
  US14/976,524
• Publication Number:
  US 20170178001A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,555 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/02 Knowledge representation; Symbolic representation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

Technologies for providing cues to a user of a cognitive cuing system are disclosed. The cues can be based on the context of the user. The cognitive cuing system communicates with a knowledge-based system which provides information based on the context, such as the name of a person and the relationship the user of the cognitive cuing system has with the person. The cues can be provided to the user of the cognitive cuing system through visual, auditory, or haptic means.

Claims

1. A cognitive cuing system comprising:

a context determination circuitry to obtain context data related to a user of the cognitive cuing system and determine a context of the user based on the context data;

a communication circuitry to (i) request, based on the context of the user, information from a knowledge-based system and (ii) receive the information from the knowledge-based system in response to the request; and

a cuing circuitry to (i) determine a minimal effective cue comprising a minimum threshold amount of information to be provided to the user based on the information, wherein the minimal effective cue represents a minimum amount of information needed to prompt the user in a particular situation, (ii) determine a present user attention level, and (iii) provide the minimal effective cue to the user based on the present user attention level.

2. The cognitive cuing system of claim 1, wherein the cuing circuitry is further to determine a cue threshold of the cue, wherein to provide the cue to the user comprises to (i) determine whether the present attention level of the user satisfies the cue threshold and (ii) provide the cue to the user in response to a determination the present attention level of the user satisfies the cue threshold.

3. The cognitive cuing system of claim 2, wherein to determine the cue threshold comprises to determine the cue threshold based on at least one of a past cognitive performance of the user and a user preference.

4. The cognitive cuing system of claim 3, wherein the user preference is indicative of a goal for cognitive improvement.

5. The cognitive cuing system of claim 1, wherein to determine the present user attention level comprises to determine a present user attention level based on an activity of the user, a location of the user, or a social circumstance of the user.

6. The cognitive cuing system of claim 1, wherein to determine the present user attention level comprises to determine whether the user is confused based on the context of the user.

7. The cognitive cuing system of claim 1, wherein to determine the context of the user comprises to determine the context of the user based on data electronically measured by a biometric sensor.

8. The cognitive cuing system of claim 1, wherein the context is indicative of a social error when interacting in a social context.

9. The cognitive cuing system of claim 1, wherein the information comprises relational information.

10. The cognitive cuing system of claim 1, further comprising a feedback module to monitor a response of the user to the minimal effective cue.

11. The cognitive cuing system of claim 10, wherein the feedback circuitry is further to determine, based on the response, at least one of (i) that the minimal effective cue provided too little information to help the user, (ii) that the minimal effective cue provided the right amount of information to help the user, and (iii) that the minimal effective cue provided more information than the user required.

12. One or more non-transitory, machine-readable storage media comprising a plurality of instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause a cognitive cuing system to:

obtain context data related to the user and determine a context of the user based on the context data;

request, based on the context of the user, information from a knowledge-based system;

receive the information from the knowledge-based system in response to the request;

determine a minimal effective cue comprising a minimum threshold amount of information to be provided to the user based on the information, wherein the minimal effective cue represents a minimum amount of information needed to prompt the user in a particular situation;

determine a present user attention level; and

provide the minimal effective cue to the user based on the present user attention level.

13. The one or more non-transitory, machine-readable storage media of claim 12, wherein the plurality of instructions further cause the cognitive cuing system to determine a cue threshold of the cue, wherein to provide the cue to the user comprises to (i) determine whether the present attention level of the user satisfies the cue threshold and (ii) provide the cue to the user in response to a determination the present attention level of the user satisfies the cue threshold.

14. The one or more non-transitory, machine-readable storage media of claim 13, wherein to determine the cue threshold comprises to determine the cue threshold based on at least one of a past cognitive performance of the user and a user preference.

15. The one or more non-transitory, machine-readable storage media of claim 13, wherein to determine the present user attention level comprises to determine a present user attention level based on an activity of the user, a location of the user, or a social circumstance of the user.

16. The one or more non-transitory, machine-readable storage media of claim 13, further comprising a feedback module to monitor a response of the user to the cue.

17. The one or more non-transitory, machine-readable storage media of claim 16, wherein the feedback module is further to determine, based on the response, at least one of (i) that the cue provided too little information to help the user, (ii) that the cue provided the right amount of information to help the user, and (iii) that the cue provided more information than the user required.

18. A method comprising:

obtaining, by a cognitive cuing system, context data related to a user of the cognitive cuing system;

determining, by the cognitive cuing system, a context of the user based on the context data;

requesting, by the cognitive cuing system and based on the context of the user, information from a knowledge-based system;

receiving, by the cognitive cuing system, the information from the knowledge-based system in response to the request;

determining, by the cognitive cuing system and based on the information, a minimal effective cue comprising a minimum threshold amount of information to be provided to the user, wherein the minimal effective cue represents a minimum amount of information needed to prompt the user in a particular situation;

determining, by the cognitive cuing system, a present user attention level; and

providing, by the cognitive cuing system and based on the present user attention level, the minimal effective cue to the user.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein determining the present user attention level comprises determining a present user attention level based on an activity of the user, a location of the user, or a social circumstance of the user.