Situation dependent operation of a semantic network machine
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented network structure, comprising:
- a first node that is a semantic Janus unit, wherein the first node possesses an existing time-variable state;
a second node containing informational contents; and
a link between the first node and the second node, wherein the link contains relational contents that describes the relationship between the first node and the second node, wherein the first node carries out operations on the second node and on the link, and wherein the existing time-variable state determines which operations are carried out.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented network structure includes a semantic network machine comprised of nodes containing informational contents and links containing relational contents. Relational contents describe the relationship between linked nodes. Some of the nodes are semantic Janus units. Based on time-variable states of each semantic Janus unit, the semantic Janus units perform operations on nodes and links. The operations are focused on selected portions of the semantic network machine such that each semantic Janus unit need not deal with all possible informational and relational contents within the semantic network machine. The computational resources of the computer network are thereby efficiently managed, and artificial intelligence tasks such as inferential retrieval are performed quicker. The amount of data that is processed is substantially reduced by focusing on bundled information. The semantic network is used for pattern recognition, for example, to recognize blood vessels in a medical image or streets on a digital satellite image.
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23 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented network structure, comprising:
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a first node that is a semantic Janus unit, wherein the first node possesses an existing time-variable state;
a second node containing informational contents; and
a link between the first node and the second node, wherein the link contains relational contents that describes the relationship between the first node and the second node, wherein the first node carries out operations on the second node and on the link, and wherein the existing time-variable state determines which operations are carried out. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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linking a first node to a second node using a first link, wherein the first node, the second node and the first link are parts of a semantic network machine, wherein the first node possesses a state that varies with time, and wherein the second node contains informational contents;
carrying out computational operations on the informational contents based on the state of the first node;
adding a third node to the semantic network machine;
changing the informational contents; and
changing the first link to link the first node to the third node. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer-readable medium comprising program instructions for performing the steps of:
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linking a first node to a second node using a first link, wherein the first node, the second node and the first link are parts of a semantic network machine, wherein the first node possesses a state that varies with time, and wherein the second node contains informational contents;
carrying out computational operations on the informational contents based on the state of the first node;
adding a third node to the semantic network machine;
changing the informational contents; and
changing the first link to link the first node to the third node.
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19. A semantic network machine, comprising:
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a plurality of nodes;
a link that links a first one of the plurality of nodes to a second one of the plurality of nodes; and
means for performing an operation only on a subset of the plurality of nodes based on a state of the semantic network machine. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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