System and method of knowledge architecture

• US 20050165709A1
• Filed: 03/17/2005
• Published: 07/28/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Acappella Software, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Acappella Software, Inc.
• Inventors: Roberts, Stephen, Bromberg, David
• Application Number:
  US11/081,532
• Publication Number:
  US 20050165709A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 706/52
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/022 Knowledge engineering; Knowledge acquisition

Abstract

The system of knowledge architecture transforms knowledge of an expert by capturing the knowledge as structured content; and using the structured content in a software format. Knowledge is captured by mapping the structured content into topics and questions and/or a structured document, inputting said structured content, and storing said structured content. The structured content is then prepared for use as a specialized software application, next the prepared structured content is presented to a user where interaction with a user in a software format causes the forming of a narrative end-product based upon the data structure that communicates the findings and opinions of the expert knowledge.

Claims

1. The system of knowledge architecture which comprises transforming knowledge into structured content.

2. The system of knowledge architecture which comprises:

A) capturing knowledge as structured content; and

B) using the structured content in a software format;

3. The system of knowledge architecture of claim 2 wherein step A) includes:

1) mapping the structured content into topics and questions and/or a structured document;

2) inputting said structured content; and

3) storing said structured content.

4. The system of knowledge architecture of claim 2 wherein step B) includes:

1) preparing said structured content for use as a specialized software application;

2) presenting said structured content to user;

3) interacting said structured content with a user in a software format; and

4) communicating results of user interaction with structured content in said software format.

5. The system of knowledge architecture of claim 2 wherein structured content is

6. The system of knowledge architecture of claim 2 wherein structured content is a hierarchy of elements which comprise an end-product.

7. An end-product designer and generation system for producing end-products comprising:

A) a means for inputting knowledge information by means of an interface comprising a series of topics and questions in order to define a knowledge base;

B) a means for organizing the information inputted into topics in a hierarchy set to produce a guiding map;

C) a means for combining the hierarchically organized topics and associated questions into structured content and storing the content in a data structure; and

D) a means for forming a narrative end-product basede upon the data structure that communicates findings and opinions of expert knowledge.

8. The end-product designer and generation system of claim 7, wherein said narrative end-product comprises text, graphics and charts.

9. The end-product designer and generation system of claim 7, wherein said narrative end-product is divided into multiple levels of text.

10. The end-product designer and generation system of claim 8, wherein said narrative end-product comprises sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, phrases and snippets.

11. The end-product designer and generation system of claim 7, wherein said narrative end-product is formed by a specialized software application that coverts the narrative end-product into a presentable format.

12. The end-product designer and generation system of claim 7, wherein said interface comprises first and second display requirements, said first display requirement comprising a second region representing questions of a selected topic.

13. The end-product designer and generation system of claim 7, wherein said narrative end-product includes a variety of end-products selectable by the user.

14. The end-product designer and generation system of claim 7, wherein said narrative end-product is editable in an external software application.

15. A software system which utilizes knowledge architecture to produce a specialized software application that generates end-products which comprise:

A) a development environment which comprises;

1) a designer interface comprising;

a) a dialog designer; and

b) an end-product designer;

2) a designer definition data structure;

3) a special software application formulator; and

4) a designer project data structure;

B) a specialized software shell which comprises;

1) a specialized software application definition database structure;

2) a specialized software applicationinteraction database structure;

3) an interface for presentation of structured content which comprises;

a) a dialog manager;

b) an end-product manager, and

c) an administrative manager; and

produces an end-product.

16. The software system of claim 15, wherein the end-product is placed in a file.

17. The software system of claim 15, wherein the end-product is placed in an external application.

18. The software system of claim 17, wherein the external application is a word processor.

19. A memory device storing a specialized software application which comprises:

A) a development environment which comprises;

1) a designer interface comprising;

a) a dialog designer; and

b) an end-product designer;

2) a designer definition data structure;

3) a special software application formulator; and

4) a designer project data structure;

B) a specialized software shell which comprises;

1) a specialized software application definition database structure;

2) a specialized software applicationinteraction database structure;

3) an interface for presentation of structured content which comprises;

a) a dialog manager;

b) an end-product manager; and

c) an administrative manager; and

produces an end-product.

20. An interactive method for automatically generating a specialized software application from knowledge architecture which comprised the steps of:

A) interactively inputting knowledge of an expert in a particular field of knowledge into a computer;

B) transforming the knowledge into structured content;

C) storing the structured content in a data structure; and

D) designing an end-product using the stored structured content which forms a narrative end-product based upon the data structure that communicates findings and opinions based upon expert knowledge via a specialized software application.