Method for Performing a Cognitive Machine Learning Operation

• US 20170091665A1
• Filed: 09/29/2015
• Published: 03/30/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tecnotree Technologies Incorporated (Tecnotree Oyj)
• Original Assignee: Cognitive Scale Inc (Tecnotree Oyj)
• Inventors: Sanchez, Matthew, Saxena, Manoj
• Granted Patent: US 10,445,647 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/04 Inference or reasoning models

Abstract

A cognitive learning method comprising receiving data from a plurality of data sources; processing the data from the plurality of data sources to perform a cognitive machine learning operation, the processing being performed via a cognitive inference and learning system, the cognitive learning operation implementing a cognitive learning technique according to a cognitive learning framework, the cognitive machine learning operation applying the cognitive learning technique via a machine learning algorithm to generate a cognitive learning result; and, updating a destination based upon the learning result.

Claims

1. A cognitive learning method comprising:

receiving data from a plurality of data sources;

processing the data from the plurality of data sources to perform a cognitive machine learning operation, the processing being performed via a cognitive inference and learning system, the cognitive learning operation implementing a cognitive learning technique according to a cognitive learning framework, the cognitive machine learning operation applying the cognitive learning technique via a machine learning algorithm to generate a cognitive learning result; and

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updating a destination based upon the learning result.

2. The cognitive learning method of claim 1, wherein:

the cognitive machine learning operation comprises a reinforcement learning operation, the reinforcement learning operation applying a machine learning approach based upon behaviorist psychology, the reinforcement learning operation using agents to take actions within an environment to maximize a cumulative reward.

3. The cognitive learning method of claim 1, wherein:

the cognitive learning framework comprises a plurality of cognitive learning styles and a plurality of cognitive learning categories, each of the plurality of cognitive learning styles comprising a generalized learning approach implemented by the cognitive inference and learning system to perform the cognitive learning operation, each of the plurality of cognitive learning categories comprising a source of information used by the cognitive inference and learning system to perform the cognitive learning operation; and

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the cognitive machine learning operation performs a process step on the cognitive learning operation via the cognitive learning framework.

4. The cognitive learning method of claim 3, wherein:

the cognitive learning technique comprises use of at least one of the plurality of cognitive learning styles in combination with at last one of the plurality of cognitive learning categories; and

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the cognitive machine learning operation is applied to the use of at least one of the plurality of cognitive learning styles in combination with at last one of the plurality of cognitive learning categories.

5. The cognitive learning method of claim 4, wherein:

the cognitive learning technique comprises at least one of a direct correlation cognitive learning technique, and an explicit likes/dislikes cognitive learning technique; and

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the cognitive machine learning operation comprises a supervised learning operation, the supervised learning operation being implemented with at least one of the direct correlation cognitive learning technique and the explicit likes/dislikes cognitive learning technique.

6. The cognitive learning method of claim 4, wherein:

the cognitive learning technique comprises at least one of a patterns and concepts cognitive learning technique and a behavior cognitive learning technique; and

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the cognitive machine learning operation comprises an unsupervised learning operation, the unsupervised learning operation being implemented with at least one of the patterns and concepts cognitive learning technique and the behavior cognitive learning technique.

7. The cognitive learning method of claim 4, wherein:

the cognitive learning technique comprises at least one of a concept entailment cognitive learning technique and a contextual recommendation cognitive learning technique; and

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the cognitive machine learning operation comprises a probabilistic reasoning operation, the probabilistic reasoning operation being implemented with at least one of the concept entailment cognitive learning technique and the contextual recommendation cognitive learning technique.