Dynamic, interactive display system for a knowledge base
First Claim
1. A knowledge system comprising a programmed computer, memory means for storing a knowledge base, said knowledge base including datum, rules which interconnect the datum to create hypotheses, and wherein the interrelationships between the various datum and the rules constitute a network of interrelationships;
- display means for displaying the network of interrelationships as stored in the memory means;
user information input means for allowing the user of the system to input data, rules and to change the data or rules currently stored in the memory means; and
means, including the display means, connected to the computer for interactively displaying the network of interrelationships visually and interactively with the changes made by the user.
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Abstract
A knowledge system incorporating a graphic display which allows the user, at any time during the use of the system, to select a part of one of the displayed chucks of knowledge (or the only one) and to perform a command which will automatically display the link(s) of a certain nature to other chunks of knowledge. The latter chunks are thus dynamically added to the drawing. The same function can be applied recursively in any direction until no further knowledge chunks are to be displayed. The resulting drawing can be larger than the display screen and graphic window or screen scrolling mechanisms allow one to move from one area of the overall graph to another. A series of functions allow the user to remove a link and its corresponding chunk(s) from the display, to create a new group of chunks (a group is defined as a set of chunks linked together graphically), and to modify the parameter of the display as a function of the nature of the links, the current state of each item (chunks and their elements, links) and the overall state of the system at the time of display.
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6 Claims
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1. A knowledge system comprising a programmed computer, memory means for storing a knowledge base, said knowledge base including datum, rules which interconnect the datum to create hypotheses, and wherein the interrelationships between the various datum and the rules constitute a network of interrelationships;
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display means for displaying the network of interrelationships as stored in the memory means; user information input means for allowing the user of the system to input data, rules and to change the data or rules currently stored in the memory means; and means, including the display means, connected to the computer for interactively displaying the network of interrelationships visually and interactively with the changes made by the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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