Expert system and method employing hierarchical knowledge base, and interactive multimedia/hypermedia applications
First Claim
1. A processing method for an expert system responsive to external information inputted by a user of the expert system, said processing method comprising the steps of:
- (a) inferentially processing information in a hierarchically-structured knowledge base interactively with the external information inputted by the user of the expert system; and
(b) during said processing step (a), non-inferentially accessing information in at least one predefined utility separate from the hierarchically structured knowledge base.
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Abstract
An expert system and processing method employing a three level hierarchical knowledge base that has a plurality of nodes coupled together. An uppermost level comprises a behavioral knowledge level, a middle level comprises a structural knowledge level and a lowermost level is an action level. Inference processing proceeds from the behavioral knowledge level through the structural knowledge level to a leaf node of the action level. One or more non-inferentially assessable utilities may be associated with the inference kernel of the expert system for accessing during inferential processing within the hierarchically structured knowledge base. A knowledge editor implements guidelines that structure received information in the desired hierarchical three level configuration. Further, interactive multimedia/hypermedia systems and methods are presented, which might be expert system based. Training and certification applications of the multimedia/hypermedia system/method are given.
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17 Claims
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1. A processing method for an expert system responsive to external information inputted by a user of the expert system, said processing method comprising the steps of:
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(a) inferentially processing information in a hierarchically-structured knowledge base interactively with the external information inputted by the user of the expert system; and (b) during said processing step (a), non-inferentially accessing information in at least one predefined utility separate from the hierarchically structured knowledge base. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A processing method for an expert system responsive to external information inputted by a user of the expert system, said processing method comprising the steps of:
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inferentially processing information in a hierarchically-structured knowledge base interactively with the external information inputted by the user of the expert system; during said inferentially processing, non-inferentially accessing information in at least one predefined utility separate from the hierarchically-structured knowledge base; and wherein said hierarchically-structured knowledge base comprises a hierarchical decomposition having three levels consisting of an uppermost level comprising a behavioral knowledge level, a middle level comprising a structural knowledge level and a lowermost level comprising an action level, and wherein said inferentially processing step includes processing through said hierarchically-structured knowledge base from the behavioral knowledge level through the structural knowledge level to the action level. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A processing method for an expert system responsive to external non-inferential information, said processing method comprising the steps of:
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(a) inferentially processing information in a hierarchically-structured knowledge base, said inferentially processing being triggered by said external non-inferential information; and (b) during said processing step (a), non-inferentially accessing information in at least one predefined utility separate from the hierarchically-structured knowledge base, said non-inferentially accessed information comprising pertinent information resulting from said inferentially processing (a). - View Dependent Claims (17)
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