TECHNOLOGIES FOR COGNITIVE CUING BASED ON KNOWLEDGE AND CONTEXT

• US 20170178001A1
• Filed: 12/21/2015
• Published: 06/22/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Tickoo, Omesh, Morris, Margaret E., Sia, JR., Jose K., Yuen, Kathy, Anderson, Glen J., Sodani, Shilpa A., Jackson, Bradley A., Chowdhury, Nafisa A.
• Granted Patent: US 10,599,980 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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 module 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 module 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 module to (i) determine a cue to be provided to the user based on the information, (ii) determine a present user attention level, and (ii) provide the cue to the user based on the present user attention level.

2. The cognitive cuing system of claim 1, wherein the cuing module 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 cue to be provided to the user based on the information comprises to determine a minimal effective cue to be provided to the user.

8. 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 obtained from a biometric sensor.

9. The cognitive cuing system of claim 1, wherein the context is indicative of a social error.

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

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

12. The cognitive cuing system of claim 11, 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.

13. A knowledge-based system comprising:

a communication module to (i) receive a request for information from a cognitive cuing system and (ii) send a response to the request to the cognitive cuing system; and

a knowledge representation module to (i) access knowledge from an ontology managed by the knowledge-based system, wherein the ontology comprises data indicative of a past cognitive performance of a user of the cognitive cuing system and (ii) determine the response to the request based on the knowledge.

14. The knowledge-based system of claim 13, wherein the communication module is further to receive, from the cognitive cuing system, an indication of a response of the user to a cue provided to the user based on the response to the request, and wherein the knowledge representation module is further to update the data indicative of the past cognitive performance based on the indication of the response of the user.

15. The knowledge-based system of claim 14, wherein the knowledge representation module is further to determine, based on the response of the user, 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.

16. One or more 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 cue to be provided to the user based on the information;

determine a present user attention level and

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

17. The one or more machine-readable storage media of claim 16, 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.

18. The one or more machine-readable storage media of claim 17, 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.

19. The one or more machine-readable storage media of claim 17, 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.

20. The one or more machine-readable storage media of claim 17, wherein to determine the cue to be provided to the user based on the information comprises to determine a minimal effective cue to be provided to the user.

21. The one or more machine-readable storage media of claim 17, further comprising a feedback module to monitor a response of the user to the cue.

22. The one or more machine-readable storage media of claim 21, 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.

23. 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 cue to be provided to the user;

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 cue to the user.

24. The method of claim 24, 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.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein determining the cue to be provided to the user based on the information comprises determining a minimal effective cue to be provided to the user.